George Paramor
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| Full name | George Henry Paramor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 June 1846 Margate, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 August 1925 (aged 79) Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1873/74–1880/81 | Otago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 20 May 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Paramor (19 June 1846 – 2 August 1925) was an English cricketer. He moved to New Zealand in 1873 and played eight first-class matches for Otago between 1873 and 1881.[1]
Paramor was employed by the Dunedin Cricket Club as a professional in 1873, supervising the club's ground and practice sessions, and the coaching of younger players.[2] He supplemented his cricket earnings by working in an ironmongery warehouse, whose owner allowed him time off for cricket.[3]
The New Zealand cricket historian Tom Reese wrote of Paramor: "He was a tall upstanding player, whose long reddish beard was usually tucked inside his shirt. He was a popular player indeed."[4] His highest score was 62, out of Otago's first innings total of 148, against Canterbury in 1874-75.[5] It was Otago's highest score to that date.[6] He was known for his fighting qualities, which he showed by effectively combatting an early form of bodyline bowling used by the English bowler Tom Emmett in 1877.[3] His best bowling figures were 6 for 45 against Canterbury in 1878-79.[7]
Paramor moved to New South Wales in 1881, where he worked as an ironmonger's assistant. He lived in Liverpool, south-west of Sydney, where he died in August 1925.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "George Paramor". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "News of the Day". Press: 2. 10 December 1873.
- ^ a b Fulton, Fred (11 December 1920). "Some Old Time Cricket Reminiscences". Evening Star: 15.
- ^ T. W. Reese, New Zealand Cricket: 1841–1914, Simpson & Williams, Christchurch, 1927, p. 40.
- ^ "Canterbury v Otago 1874-75". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ Reese, p. 176.
- ^ "Canterbury v Otago 1878-79". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ "Legal Notices". Sydney Morning Herald: 2. 13 August 1925.