Background
He was born in Barham and died in Stoke-by-Nayland.
He was born in Barham and died in Stoke-by-Nayland.
In the only innings in which he batted, he finished 5 not out, from the tailend.
He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Kent. Webb made a single first-class appearance in 1880 against Sussex. Webb took three catches from the outfield.
In spite of a century from Sussex"s Arthur Trevor, Kent finished comfortable winners of the match.
A dozen years later, he played a second first-class match against Somerset, taking a catch and a wicket, but failing to score in either innings. He later became a first-class umpire and stood in three Test matches during the Triangular Tournament in 1912.
Webb"s brother, Arthur Webb, almost eleven years his junior, was a frequent player for Hampshire, from their admittance in the County Championship in 1895, to 1904. Webb"s brother Frederic (baptised Frederick Edward) was a well known jockey, winning the Derby on Doncaster in 1873 after the original jockey engaged was found to be drunk before the race.
Frederic later had a distinguished career as a trainer.
George Webb ran a sports store in Tonbridge following his retirement.