George McConnell (cricketer)

George McConnell
Personal information
Full name
George Thomas McConnell
Born(1938-01-03)3 January 1938
Innisfail, Queensland, Australia
Died9 April 2019(2019-04-09) (aged 81)
Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-spin
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1960–61 to 1971–72Wellington
Career statistics
Competition FC List A
Matches 18 3
Runs scored 221 3
Batting average 14.73 3.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 38 3
Balls bowled 3065 192
Wickets 50 5
Bowling average 21.96 14.80
5 wickets in innings 4 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 6/41 2/16
Catches/stumpings 15/– 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 7 September 2017

George Thomas McConnell (3 January 1938 – 9 April 2019) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1961 to 1971.

George McConnell's family moved from Australia to New Zealand when he was a boy, and he attended Hutt Valley High School.[1] A tall off-spin bowler and hard-hitting lower-order batsman, McConnell had his best first-class season in 1961–62, when he took 20 wickets at an average of 13.30.[2] In Wellington's first match that season he took 3 for 13 and 6 for 41 (his best bowling figures) and made 38 (his highest score) in an innings victory over Otago.[3]

McConnell also played Hawke Cup cricket for Hutt Valley from 1960 to 1975. In 1967–68 he played a leading part in Hutt Valley's title-winning victory over Nelson, when he took 6 for 21 and 6 for 57 and, batting at number eight, made 60, the only fifty on either side in the match.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Obituaries", Cricket Wellington Annual Report 2018-19, p. 80.
  2. ^ "First-class Bowling in Each Season by George McConnell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Wellington v Otago 1961-62". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Nelson v Hutt Valley 1967-68". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 November 2017.