Education
Sweet attended Winchester College and played for the school cricket team, appearing against Eton College in 1879.
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He made five first-class and seven second-class appearances for the county as a lower-order batsman. He then entered Keble College, Oxford University, where he played in the freshmen"s trial and the seniors trial in 1880 and 1882 respectively, but did not earn a place on the university team As a student, he got a fourth-class degree in modern history.
He made his county debut for Somerset while the side was still a second-class county, debuting against Leicestershire in 1880.
He scored three runs in the first innings, and a further eleven in the second, helping Somerset to an 85-run victory. He made his debut first-class appearance during Somerset"s maiden year as a first-class county, scoring three runs in the first innings, followed by two in the second against Gloucestershire in 1882.
He played three more times that year, during which he reached his highest first-class total, scoring 16 runs against Hampshire, and finishing not out in the innings. He made one further appearance, in 1883, before playing no further notable cricket.
Sweet married Edith Maud Walrond on 6 July 1887, and the pair had three children.
George Charles, Dorothy Maud and Leonard Herbert, all of whom adopted the double barrelled surname Walrond Sweet. In 1902 he moved from a post as vicar of Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire, to be vicar at Stourpaine, Dorset.
