| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John George Galpin | |||
| Born | 13 January 1843 Alverstoke, Hampshire, England |
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| Died | 5 March 1917 (aged 74) Luton, Bedfordshire, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm roundarm fast | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1875–1877 & 1880 | Hampshire | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | FC | |||
| Matches | 7 | |||
| Runs scored | 100 | |||
| Batting average | 11.11 | |||
| 100s/50s | –/– | |||
| Top score | 27 | |||
| Balls bowled | 1,352 | |||
| Wickets | 28 | |||
| Bowling average | 16.50 | |||
| 5 wickets in innings | 2 | |||
| 10 wickets in match | – | |||
| Best bowling | 6/68 | |||
| Catches/stumpings | 4/– | |||
| Source: Cricinfo, 15 February 2010 | ||||
John George Galpin (13 January 1843 – 5 March 1917) was an English cricketer. Galpin was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm fast.
Galpin made his first-class debut for Hampshire against Kent, taking figures of 4/37 in the match. In Galpin's second match against Sussex he took figures of 4/45 as Hampshire lost by an innings. In Galpin's third and final match of 1875 against Kent, Galpin took his maiden five wicket haul with figures of 6/68 as Hampshire again lost by an innings.
Galpin played a single match for Hampshire in 1876 against Derbyshire, where he took his second and final first-class five wicket haul with figures of 4/42.
In 1877 Galpin played two further matches for Hampshire, against the Marylebone Cricket Club and Kent. Galpin's final first-class match for Hampshire came in 1880 against Sussex. In Galpin's brief first-class career for Hampshire he took 28 wickets at a bowling average of 16.50, with two five wicket hauls and best figures of 6/68.
Galpin died at Luton, Bedfordshire on March 5, 1917.