George H Clark was a New Zealand

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er. He played eight first-class matches for

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between the 1872–73 and 1879–80 seasons and later stood as an umpire in first-class matches.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 33. Cardiff:

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. Clark made his first-class debut for Otago in February 1873, playing against

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, the only first-class match played in the country during the season. He played against the same side in seven of his eight first-class matches, the other appearance coming against

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in November 1873. Apart from the match against Canterbury in January 1875, he played in all of Otago's first-class matches during the period in which he played, scoring 125 first-class runs with a highest score of 30. He also played for the Otago side in non-first-class matches against

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's touring English side in March 1877 and touring Australian sides in both January 1878 and January 1881.

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