George Giffen

George Giffen
Giffen in about 1895
Personal information
Full name
George Giffen
Born(1859-03-27)27 March 1859
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died29 November 1927(1927-11-29) (aged 68)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off spin
RoleAll-rounder
RelationsWalter Giffen (brother)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 27)31 December 1881 v England
Last Test10 August 1896 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1877/78–1902/03South Australia
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 31 251
Runs scored 1,238 11,758
Batting average 23.35 29.54
100s/50s 1/6 18/54
Top score 161 271
Balls bowled 6,391 46,610
Wickets 103 1,023
Bowling average 27.09 21.29
5 wickets in innings 7 95
10 wickets in match 1 30
Best bowling 7/117 10/66
Catches/stumpings 24/0 195/0
Source: CricketArchive, 7 March 2008

George Giffen (27 March 1859 – 29 November 1927) was a cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. An all-rounder who batted in the middle order and often opened the bowling with medium-paced off-spin, Giffen captained Australia during the 1894–95 Ashes series and was the first Australian to score 10,000 runs and take 500 wickets in first-class cricket. He was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame on 26 February 2008.