George Clifford Wilson (27 July 1902 – 18 May 1957) was an English

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er who followed his father, the more accomplished George Alfred Wilson, into a career as a right-arm fast bowler (and right-handed batsman at the bottom of the

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) with

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. Born in Kidderminster, Wilson made his first-class debut in the local derby with

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in May of the 1924 season, but did little, bowling only three overs and making nought in his only innings. The match was notable both for a

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by Worcestershire's

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and for the county's desperate but ultimately successful struggle for a draw, having been reduced to 48/8 in their second innings when stumps were drawn. He also went wicketless in his second match, but took 2-7 in the second innings of his third. Wilson played a full part in the 1924

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campaign, playing in 20 of Worcestershire's 24 games as well as one against the touring

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and finishing with 38 wickets at an

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of a little under 24 runs apiece. The following summer brought him his first five-wicket haul: 5-67 against

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in August; and 44 wickets in all. By some way Wilson's most successful season was his last,

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. He took 68 first-class wickets in total, and five or more in an innings on seven occasions, this latter figure being second only to Fred Root in the Worcestershire side that year. In the space of one August week he took five wickets in each innings - his only ten-wicket match haul - against

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on his home ground at Kidderminster, then claimed his best innings figures of 8-81 in a drawn game against

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at Weston-super-Mare. Wilson played his final match in early September 1926 against

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, but bad weather meant that little play was possible and he did not take a wicket. He died in Elswick,

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, at the age of 54, nearly five years before his father.

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