George Henry Grass Searcy was an Australian sportsman, sports official and accountants
Background
He was born on 15 January 1855 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, the son of Frederick Searcy and Dinah formerly Simmons née Grass. His father, and uncle William, had arrived at Portuguese Adelaide on 3 September 1849, on the ship Louisa Baillie. George married Eleanor Fox, daughter of Henry Fox on 16 October 1877 at Street Marys English Church, Hotham, Victoria, Australia.
Career
George and Eleanor had three sons. He was active in the South Australian Liberal Federation, and acted as their accountant for 12 years, and was also being involved in a number of community orgaisations. He served as auditor to the Kensington and Norwood Corporation for 37 years.
He worked as a cashier and accountants
He was convicted of fraud on his employer, the Metropolitan Building Society (Melbourne) in 1882 and sentenced to two years imprisonment. Searcy was a prominent sportsman, on the cricket and Australian Rules Football playing fields, and later as an official, he was associated with the:
East Melbourne Cricket Club, and was a fine bowler;
in South Australia the North Adelaide Cricket Club and played for several years
He was a cricket umpire and was cricket Test match umpire in international matches for Maclaren"s team, between Australia and England in Adelaide on 11 January to 15 January 1895, standing with "Dimboola" Jim Phillips.
He played for the Norwood Football Club and was for a time secretary, and was made a life member. He was also a delegate to the South Australian Football League.