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George Hadfield (cricketer)

English cricketer (1880-1935)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 26, 2025
Entity authorityQ28924295 ↗
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George Hugh Hadfield (16 July 1880 – 30 November 1935) was an English first-class cricketer active 1902–06 who played for Surrey. He was born in Edmonton, Middlesex; died in Lambeth.

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1880, 1935, 1902—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1880-07-16. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with George, Hadfield and cricketer providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “George Hadfield (cricketer)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.