George Studd

Background

Studd was born near at Netheravon House, near Amesbury, Wiltshire, England.

Career

Studd was the second eldest of the famous Studd brothers, who dominated English cricket in the late 19th century. He played in four Tests with the English cricket team, and played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Middlesex County Cricket Club. George was captain of Cambridge in 1882, when he scored 120, which at the time was only the seventh three-figure score and the second highest in University matches.

While primarily a cricketer, George also played against Oxford University in singles and doubles tennis during his last two years as an undergraduate at Cambridge.

In 1882, he made 819 runs in first-class matches and then scored 289 while playing for the Cambridge Long Vacation Club. George was called to the Bar, but never practised.

From 1891 until his death, he lived and worked in a notorious and squalid area of Southern Los Angeles in California.

Achievements

• He won his cricket Colours for Eton in 1877 when he scored 32 and 23 against Harrow and 54 against Winchester. He went up to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1878, where he won his Blue as a freshman and played in the University match, against Oxford University, four times. The team won back the Ashes, but George was very disappointing in the four Tests in which he played, scoring only 31 runs in 7 innings.