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| Full name | John George O'Brien | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 January 1866 Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 August 1920 (aged 54) Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm slow | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Tim O'Brien (brother) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1910 | Ireland | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 21 October 2018 | |||||||||||||||
John George O'Brien (10 January 1866 – 15 August 1920) was an Irish first-class cricketer.
O'Brien was born at Dublin in January 1866, the son of Timothy O'Brien and Mary O'Dwyer.[1] He was educated at the Catholic Downside School in England.[2] He served in the British Army with the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers, Royal Field Artillery, and the King's Shropshire Light Infantry, reaching the rank of captain.[1] He made one appearance in first-class cricket for Ireland against Scotland at Dublin in 1910 at the age of 43, when he was called up to play as a late replacement for Robert St Leger Fowler.[2][3] He was dismissed by John Bruce Lockhart for 4 runs in Ireland's first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by Robert Tait for 3 runs.[4] His brother, Tim O'Brien, played Test cricket for England.