George Mills (March 1793 – August 1865) was an English professional

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er who played first-class cricket from 1825 to 1831. He was mainly associated with Kent teams and made nine known appearances in first-class matches.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 386–388.
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at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.) Mills was born at Benenden in Kent into a family of cricketers.George Mills

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. Retrieved 2018-12-10.Mills T (1983
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. Retrieved 2018-12-10. He made his first-class debut in 1825 against a Sussex XI at Brighton, playing alongside his brother Richard. He made eight appearances for Kent sides between then and 1829. Mills' final first-class appearance was for the Players in the Gentlemen v Players of 1831.George Mills
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2009-08-08. It is reported that the invitation to play in the match was meant to be made to Richard, but that, due to the method of addressing professionals simply by their surname, was misunderstood.Time Gentlemen, Please
''The Chap'', 2012-08-12. Retrieved 2018-12-10. Mills died at

Rolvenden Rolvenden is a village and civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent, England. The village is centred on the A28 Ashford to Hastings road, south-west of Tenterden. The settlement of Rolvenden Layne, south of Rolvenden, is also part of t ...

in Kent in 1865 aged 72.

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1793 births 1865 deaths English cricketers English cricketers of 1787 to 1825 English cricketers of 1826 to 1863 Players cricketers Kent cricketers People from Rolvenden People from Benenden {{England-cricket-bio-1790s-stub