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
Died	29 November 1927(1927-11-29) (aged 68) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off spin
Role	All-rounder
Relations	Walter Giffen (brother)
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut (cap 27)	31 December 1881 v England
Last Test	10 August 1896 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1877/78–1902/03	South 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.