George Lankham (6 September 1830 – 4 November 1908) was a New Zealand
cricket
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er. He played three
first-class matches for
Auckland
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in 1873/74.
Lankham was born in Ireland in 1830 before the family moved to Scotland. He went to New Zealand in the 1850s.
A round-arm medium-pace bowler, he was a member of Auckland's first first-class team, which toured the country in November-December 1873, winning all three first-class matches.
[
Lankham and his son ]William
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both played in the Auckland team against the touring Australians
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in February 1881.tuberculosis
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aged 24.
Lankham died after an illness at his son-in-law's house in Devonport, Auckland
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, in November 1908, aged 78.[
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1830 births
1908 deaths
Auckland cricketers
Cricketers from Perth, Scotland
New Zealand cricketers