Major attended the Church of England Grammar School in Melbourne where he was successful in school cricket, football, gymnastics, and running, and in 1868 he began studying law at Melbourne University. In 1879 he represented Victoria in a game against an English touring side and he scored the winning runs. He worked in sports administration for many years serving as Vice-President of the South Melbourne Football Club, the South Melbourne Cricket Club, and the Victorian Cricketers Association. He was also a cricket selector for Victoria by the late 1880s.[2]
george, major, cricketer, george, major, march, 1851, october, 1921, australian, cricketer, played, first, class, cricket, match, victoria, 1879, george, majorpersonal, informationborn, 1851, march, 1851langport, somerset, englanddied16, october, 1921, 1921, a. George Major 20 March 1851 16 October 1921 was an Australian cricketer He played one first class cricket match for Victoria in 1879 1 George MajorPersonal informationBorn 1851 03 20 20 March 1851Langport Somerset EnglandDied16 October 1921 1921 10 16 aged 70 Melbourne AustraliaDomestic team informationYearsTeam1879VictoriaSource Cricinfo 21 July 2015 Major attended the Church of England Grammar School in Melbourne where he was successful in school cricket football gymnastics and running and in 1868 he began studying law at Melbourne University In 1879 he represented Victoria in a game against an English touring side and he scored the winning runs He worked in sports administration for many years serving as Vice President of the South Melbourne Football Club the South Melbourne Cricket Club and the Victorian Cricketers Association He was also a cricket selector for Victoria by the late 1880s 2 See also editList of Victoria first class cricketersReferences edit George Major ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 21 July 2015 Sporting Life Melbourne Punch Melbourne Vic 5 May 1887 p 9 Retrieved 7 July 2020 External links editGeorge Major at ESPNcricinfo nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to an Australian cricket person born in the 1850s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Major cricketer amp oldid 1197854232, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
