George Lankham
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| Full name | George Lankham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 6, 1830 Perth, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | November 4, 1908 (aged 78) Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm slow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | William Lankham (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1873/74 | Auckland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricketarchive, 15 December 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Lankham (6 September 1830 – 4 November 1908) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played three first-class matches for Auckland in 1873/74.[1][2]
Lankham was born in Ireland in 1830 before the family moved to Scotland. He went to New Zealand in the 1850s.[3] A round-arm medium-pace bowler, he was a member of Auckland's first first-class team, which toured the country in November-December 1873, winning all three first-class matches.[3][4]
Lankham and his son William both played in the Auckland team against the touring Australians in February 1881.[5] William had a short but successful cricket career for Auckland before dying of tuberculosis aged 24.
Lankham died after an illness at his son-in-law's house in Devonport, Auckland, in November 1908, aged 78.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "George Lankham". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- ↑ "George Lankham". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Notes and Comments". New Zealand Herald: 9. 7 November 1908.
- ↑ T. W. Reese, New Zealand Cricket: 1841–1914, Simpson & Williams, Christchurch, 1927, pp. 169–71.
- ↑ "Auckland v Australians 1880-81". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 October 2023.