8 February 1954(1954-02-08) (aged 65) Wallingford, Berkshire, England
Batting
Unknown
Bowling
Unknown
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1917/18–1918/19
Europeans
Career statistics
Competition
First-class
Matches
6
Runs scored
202
Batting average
18.36
100s/50s
–/1
Top score
51
Balls bowled
289
Wickets
2
Bowling average
83.00
5 wickets in innings
–
10 wickets in match
–
Best bowling
1/1
Catches/stumpings
6/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 November 2022
George Aylmer Laverton (29 December 1888 – 8 February 1954) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
A member of the Laverton milling family of Westbury, Wiltshire, he was the son of William Henry Laverton. He was educated at Harrow School, where he played for the school cricket team.[1] Laverton was commissioned into the British Army as a second lieutenant in February 1906,[2] but later resigned his commission in December 1912.[3] He played minor counties cricket for Wiltshire in 1911, making two appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[4] He served in the First World War with the Wiltshire Regiment,[5] being appointed to the regiment in December 1914 with the temporary rank of lieutenant.[6] He relinquished this temporary rank in April 1917,[7] but was granted the rank in full the following month.[8]
Serving with the Regiment in British India, he was appointed aide-de-camp to Lord Willingdon, the Governor of Bombay in February 1917.[9][10] Laverton played first-class cricket whilst serving in India, making six appearances in 1917 and 1918; two of these came for the Europeans in the Bombay Quadrangular, with a further two coming for the Lord Willingdon's XI. He additionally made an appearance each for a combined Europeans and Parsees team, and for England against India.[11] In his six first-class matches, he scored 202 runs at an average of 18.36;[12] he made one half century, a score of 51 on his first-class debut for the Europeans against the Parsees in 1917.[13] Laverton relinquished his commission in the Wiltshire Regiment in December 1921.[14] Besides playing cricket, he was a keen naturalist.[9] Laverton died in February 1954 at Wallingford, Berkshire.[15]
^Dauglish, M. G.; Stephenson, P. K. (1911). The Harrow School Register, 1800-1911 (3 ed.). London: Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 831.
^"No. 27906". The London Gazette. 20 April 1906. p. 2751.
^"No. 28668". The London Gazette. 3 December 1912. p. 9222.
^"Minor Counties Championship Matches played by George Laverton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
^"No. 29001". The London Gazette. 8 December 1914. p. 10565.
^"No. 29201". The London Gazette. 22 June 1915. p. 6032.
^"No. 30027". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 April 1917. p. 3747.
^"No. 30124". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 1917. p. 5731.
^ abGoddard, Edward Hungerford (1954). The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine. Vol. 55. Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. p. 301.
^"No. 30329". The London Gazette. 9 October 1917. p. 10468.
^"First-Class Matches played by George Laverton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
^"First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by George Laverton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
^"Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Quadrangular Tournament 1917/18". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
^"No. 32555". The London Gazette. 20 December 1921. p. 10444.
^"Wisden - Obituaries in 1954". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
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