George Reardon (24 May 1880 – 11 June 1932) was an Australian
cricket
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er. He played one
first-class match in new Zealand for
Otago
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during the 1903–04 season.
[George Reardon]
CricInfo
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Reardon was born at
Melbourne in 1880.
[McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 110. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ]
Available online
at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) A club cricket for
Dunedin Cricket Club, where he was considered "a good
all-round man", Reardon only made a single appearance in first-class cricket, recording a
pair and bowling five wicketless overs for Otago against
Canterbury at
Christchurch in December 1903.
[George Reardon]
CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 December 2023. He "bowled well" for the provincial team in a match without first-class status against
Southland during the same season, and had been elected as deputy-captain of Dunedin CC for the 1903–04 season.
[Cricket: Dunedin Cricket Club, '']Otago Daily Times
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'', issue 12767, 14 September 1903, p. 7.
Available online
at Papers Past. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
Reardon died at Melbourne in 1932. He was aged 52.
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1880 births
1932 deaths
New Zealand cricketers
Otago cricketers
Cricketers from Melbourne
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