George Webbe
Personal information
Full name
George Allan Webbe
Born15 January 1854
Westminster, Middlesex, England
Died19 February 1925(1925-02-19) (aged 71)
Ascot, Berkshire, England
BattingRight-handed
RelationsA. J. Webbe (brother)
Herbert Webbe (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1878Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 37
Batting average 18.50
100s/50s –/–
Top score 19*
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 April 2021

George Allan Webbe DL (15 January 1854 – 19 February 1925) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

The eldest son of Alexander Allan Webbe (1808-1868) and Marian Cutler (1825-1914), he was born into a wealthy family at Westminster in February 1854. He was educated at Harrow School, where he won the Public Schools' Rackets alongside Alexander Hadow in 1871 and 1872.[1] Following his rackets success in 1872, Webbe became seriously ill which kept him out of the Harrow cricket eleven.[2] From Harrow he went up to University College, Oxford but left after his freshman year to pursue a career in the British Army.[3][2] He was commissioned in the 15th King's Hussars as a sub-lieutenant in February 1874.[4] In the same year that he joined The King's Hussars, Webbe played in a first-class cricket match for the Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club against Kent at Canterbury,[5] batting once in the match and scoring 9 runs before being dismissed by Edgar Willsher.[6] He was promoted to lieutenant in The King's Hussars in September 1876, antedated to February 1874.[7]

He made a second appearance in first-class cricket in 1878, for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Kent at Canterbury,[5] in which he batted twice and was dismissed in the MCC first innings for 9 runs by William Foord-Kelcey and was unbeaten in their second innings on 19.[8] As a cricketer, he was described in Scores and Biographies as "a really good batsman,an energetic field at cover-point". Scores and Biographies speculated that if Webbe continued in the game that he would "perhaps excel".[2] However, his 1878 appearance would be his last in first-class cricket. He was aide-de-camp to the Inspector-General of Cavalry at Aldershot Garrison, Sir Frederick Fitzwygram, from 1879 to 1884.[1] He gained the rank of captain in October 1882,[9] with his retirement from active service following in March 1886.[10] Webbe later served as a Deputy lieutenant of Aberdeen, to which he was appointed in March 1888.[11]

Webbe died in February 1925 at his residence, Errollston House, in Ascot. His brothers Alexander Josiah and Herbert were also first-class cricketers.[2] He was survived by his wife, Lady Cecilia Leila Hay, daughter of William Hay, 19th Earl of Erroll.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 Dauglish, M. G.; Stephenson, P. K. (1911). The Harrow School Register, 1800-1911 (3 ed.). London: Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 416.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Wisden - Obituaries in 1925". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  3. ↑ Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 1517.
  4. ↑ "No. 24069". The London Gazette. 27 February 1874. p. 889.
  5. 1 2 "First-Class Matches played by George Webbe". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "Kent v Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club, 1874". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "No. 24367". The London Gazette. 26 September 1876. p. 5201.
  8. ↑ "Kent v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1878". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  9. ↑ "No. 25168". The London Gazette. 17 November 1882. p. 5106.
  10. ↑ "No. 25568". The London Gazette. 16 March 1886. p. 1281.
  11. ↑ "No. 25796". The London Gazette. 13 March 1888. p. 1564.
  12. ↑ Peer Bereaved. Leicester Evening Mail. 8 January 1935. p. 3
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