George Alfred Lawrence Hearne (27 March 1888 – 13 November 1978) was an English born South African

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er who played Test cricket. Hearne was born in

Catford Catford is a district in south east London, England, and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Lewisham. It is southwest of Lewisham itself, mostly in the Rushey Green (ward), Rushey Green and Catford South Ward (electoral subdiv ...

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and emigrated to the

Cape Colony The Cape Colony ( nl, Kaapkolonie), also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British Empire, British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good Hope, which existed from 1795 to 1802, and again from 1806 to 1910, when i ...

with his family in 1889. His father,

Frank Hearne Frank Hearne (23 November 1858 – 14 July 1949) was an English born cricketer. One of the few men to play Test cricket for more than one country, he played for both England and South Africa. He was a member of the Hearne family of cricketers wh ...

was a professional cricketer who played

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for both

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and

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and who was a member of the

Hearne family The Hearne family was a notable English cricketing family. Thirteen members of the family played first-class cricket, including five for Kent County Cricket Club and five for Middlesex County Cricket Club. Six played Test cricket: four for Eng ...

of cricketers. He had played for

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and emigrated due to ill-health to take up a coaching position with Western Province.Frank Hearne
Obituaries in 1949, ''

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'', 1950. Retrieved 2017-10-28.A short history of Kent cricket
''

'', 1907. Retrieved 2017-10-28. George Hearne played

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as a right-handed batsman and

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for Western Province between 1910/11 and 1926/27 and played in three Test matches for South Africa between 1922/23 and 1924.Hearne, George Alfred Lawrence
Obituaries before 1979, ''

'', 1980. Retrieved 2017-10-28. He made his Test debut against England in December 1922 at

Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demo ...

, playing two matches during the 1922/23 tour. Hearne then toured England with South Africa in 1924, playing his last Test match in the final Test of the series at

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. Hearne died in

Barberton, South Africa Barberton is a town in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa, which has its origin in the 1880s gold rush in the region. It is situated in the De Kaap Valley and is fringed by the Makhonjwa Mountains. It is south of Mbombela and east of Johann ...

in 1978, aged 90.

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* 1888 births 1978 deaths South African cricketers South Africa Test cricketers Western Province cricketers British emigrants to the Cape Colony {{SouthAfrica-cricket-bio-1880s-stub