George Tait St Aubyn Nixon (11 August 1850 – February 1913) was an Indian-born English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Middlesex, Cambridge University and a side representing the "Gentlemen of the South".[1] He was born at Neermuck in the Rajputana, India and died at Lintlaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. The precise date of his death is not known.
George Nixon | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 August 1850 British India |
| Died | 1913 Canada |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Civil Service |
| Known for | Cricketer |
Nixon was educated at Rossall School and matriculated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 1869; there is no evidence that he read for a degree at Cambridge University and from 1870 to 1897 he is recorded as being employed by the public works department of the Indian Civil Service in Bengal.[2]
As a cricketer, Nixon was a right-handed batsman; he also kept wicket in some games and was a round-arm slow bowler, though he did not bowl in first-class matches.[1] He made his first-class debut as a batsman for Middlesex in 1868 and the following year, again playing only as a batsman, he scored 54, his only innings of note, in a match against Surrey.[3] At Cambridge in 1870, he was tried as a wicketkeeper in a single match against the Marylebone Cricket Club but made only one stumping; a week later, he was recalled to the Cambridge side during the match against the Gentlemen of England as a replacement for an ill player and, allowed to keep wicket, made four stumpings and took two catches.[4] He did not play for Cambridge University again and a single further appearance for Middlesex and one for a Gentlemen of the South side, both also in the 1870 season, were his final matches in first-class cricket.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c "George Nixon". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ J. Venn and J. A. Venn. "Alumni Cantabrigienses: George Nixon". Cambridge, University Press. p. 554. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "Scorecard: Surrey v Middlesex". www.cricketarchive.com. 16 August 1869. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
- ^ "Scorecard: Cambridge University v Gentlemen of England". www.cricketarchive.com. 26 May 1870. Retrieved 24 October 2014.