George Coles (christened 19 October 1798 – 22 January 1865) was an English amateur

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er who played

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from 1819 to 1820 for

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. Coles made only three known appearances in first-class matches but was a very successful bowler using a right-handed underarm style. In 1820, his tally of 17 was the highest by any first-class bowler that season. Educated at

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and Peterhouse, Cambridge, George Coles later became ordained as a Church of England clergyman. He was

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of St James,

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from 1829 to 1865.

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1798 births 1865 deaths English cricketers English cricketers of 1787 to 1825 Cambridge University cricketers People educated at Eton College Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge 19th-century English Anglican priests {{England-cricket-bio-1790s-stub