| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | George Stuart Boyes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 March 1899 Southampton, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 February 1973 (aged 73) Southampton, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921–1939 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1926/27 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 15 October 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Stuart Boyes (31 March 1899 – 11 February 1973) was an English first-class cricketer, born in Southampton, who played for Hampshire County Cricket Club.
Boyes was a slow left-arm bowler with a high action, taking 1415 wickets for Hampshire. He took 100 wickets in a season three times, his best year being 111 at 26.75 in 1933. He twice took a hattrick, one of them when he took his career best figures of 9 for 57 against Somerset at Yeovil in 1938. With the bat he took 413 matches before making his maiden century, only three players in history have waited longer.[1] He was an excellent close fielder and took 498 catches in first-class matches, many of them at short-leg.[2]
His major overseas tour was with the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) to India and Ceylon in 1926/7. He took 56 wickets at 18.69 including 7-52 against a Europeans in the East XI at Eden Gardens, Calcutta.[3][4]
During the Second World War, Boyes supervised junior coaching sessions at the County Ground.[5] Following the end of the war in 1945, Boyes was employed as a cricket coach at Ampleforth College from 1946 to 1963.[6] He died in Southampton in February 1973.[6] His brother, Ken, was a professional footballer with Southampton and Bristol Rovers, as well as a member of Hampshire's ground staff.[7]