George Alexander (cricketer)

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George Alexander Australia (AUS)
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	-
	Tests	First-class
Matches	2	24
Runs scored	52	466
Batting average	13.00	15.53
100s/50s	0/0	0/2
Top score	33	75
Balls bowled	168	1754
Wickets	2	34
Bowling average	46.50	17.85
5 wickets in innings	0	1
10 wickets in match	0	0
Best bowling	2/69	6/57
Catches/stumpings	2/0	16/0
Test debut: 6 September 1880 Last Test: 12 December 1884 Source: [1]

George Alexander (born April 22, 1851 at Britwell Salome, Oxfordshire, England; died November 6, 1930 in Melbourne) was a cricketer who played for Victoria and for Australia.

Alexander was a forceful bat and a fast bowler, and also acted as the manager of the Australian teams that toured England under Billy Murdoch in 1880 and 1884. He also managed the England tour of 1882-83 under Ivo Bligh that went to Australia to retrieve The Ashes.

In 1880, in addition to his management duties, Alexander was one of the leading bowlers of the team that visited other colonies as well as England. On the tour as a whole, he took 109 wickets at an average of nine runs each. He played in the first Test match on English soil at The Oval, took two wickets and with his captain added 52 runs for the ninth wicket, which helped avoid an innings defeat. He played a second Test match four years later at Adelaide, but with no success.