George Cairns "Scatter" Hubbard (23 November 1867 – 18 December 1931) was an English

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player who represented the England national team in two matches in 1892. He also played

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for

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in 1895.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), p. 269.
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. Retrieved 2020-12-21.) Hubbard was born in India in 1867, the fourth son of the Reverend Henry Dickinson Hubbard.Hughes WO (ed.) (1886), ''The Register of Tonbridge School, from 1820 to 1886, also lists of exhibitioners, &c., previous to 1820, and of head masters and second masters'', p.179. Reading: I.I. Beecroft.
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. Retrieved 2017-11-15. He played club rugby for

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or on the

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. He played twice for England in the

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, playing against

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, scoring one try on his debut.Scatter Hubbard
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'', 1933. Retrieved 2017-11-15. Hubbard was educated at

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between 1876 and 1886. He played in the rugby XV from 1882 to 1885 and captained the side in his final year. He also played in the cricket XI from 1883 to 1885. In 1895 he appeared in three first-class cricket matches for Kent at the end of May and beginning of June. He scored 61 runs and took one wicket.George Hubbard
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and was considered a "mainstay" of both the cricket and rugby clubs at Blackheath. Hubbard worked at the

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. He died at

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in London in December 1931 aged 64. His son, John Cairns Hubbard, made one rugby union appearance for England in the

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.John Hubbard
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hubbard, George 1867 births 1931 deaths People educated at Tonbridge School English rugby union players England international rugby union players English cricketers Kent cricketers Blackheath F.C. players Barbarian F.C. players Rugby union centres British people in colonial India