George Lindsay "Billy" Wilson (27 April 1868 – 9 March 1920) was an Australian

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er active from 1886 to 1899 who played for

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. He appeared in 75 first-class matches as a right-handed

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right arm fast medium. He scored 2,605 runs with a highest score of 174 among three centuries and took 34

wicket In cricket, the term wicket has several meanings: * It is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch. The fielding team's players can hit the wicket with the ball in a number of ways to get a batsman out. ...

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1868 births 1920 deaths Australian cricketers Sussex cricketers Australian expatriate cricketers in England Victoria cricketers Oxford University cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Gentlemen of England cricketers Melbourne Cricket Club cricketers Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricketers Alumni of Hertford College, Oxford People from Fitzroy, Victoria Cricketers from Melbourne People from the Colony of Victoria {{england-cricket-bio-1860s-stub