George Thackeray

George Thackeray (22 July 1806 – 9 October 1875) was an English cricketer with amateur status. Thackeray was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. He is recorded as playing in one first-class match for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1826, totalling 5 runs with a highest score of 5 and holding no catches. He graduated BA in 1830, having already become a fellow of the college in 1829. He continued as a fellow until 1841, during which he was ordained as a Church of England priest in 1833. He was rector of Hemingby, Lincolnshire, 1840–75. References 1806 births 1875 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Cambridge University cricketers English cricketers English cricketers of 1826 to 1863 Fellows of King's College, Cambridge 19th-century English Anglican priests Cricketers from Bath, Somerset