The Reverend George Dupuis (1757 – 5 March 1839) was an English
minister
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* Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric
** Minister (Catholic Church)
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** Minister without portfolio, a member of government w ...
who was active as a
cricket
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er in the 1780s and 1790s, making five known appearances in
first-class matches
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. His
batting and
bowling styles are unknown.
[According to ''CricketArchive'', Dupuis scored 64 runs, averaging 10.66 with a highest score of 28 and he took six wickets. As many scorecards and records from the period to 1825 are missing or have incomplete data, Dupuis may have played in more than five matches and so his "career statistics" are limited to the ''known'' data.]
Dupuis is first recorded playing for
Hornchurch
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against
Moulsey Hurst Cricket Club at
Moulsey Hurst in July 1787. In August of the same year, he was in the Hornchurch/
Essex team for the return match at
Langton Park, in which Moulsey Hurst combined with the
White Conduit Club (WCC; the match has also been titled "Essex v WCC"). No scorecard has survived although the teams and the result are known. It is in this teamsheet that Dupuis is termed The Reverend Mr Dupuis.
He played in two successive matches at
Lord's Old Ground in May and June 1791, first for an
Old Etonians cricket team (having been educated at
Eton College) against the
Gentlemen of England; secondly for
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against the
Gentlemen of Kent (this game being
Lord Frederick Beauclerk's debut at Lord's). In August 1792, Dupuis made his last known first-class appearance for MCC against
Berkshire
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at the
Old Field ground.
[Britcher 1792, p. 19.]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dupuis, George
1757 births
1839 deaths
English cricketers
Essex cricketers
Hornchurch Cricket Club cricketers
Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
Old Etonians cricketers
People educated at Eton College
English cricketers of 1787 to 1825