About George Ottey
Lived 1824 – 1891 (aged 67). George Ottey was a British cricketer and anglican priest.
George Philip Ottey (9 October 1824 – 17 December 1891) was an English clergyman and educationalist and a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University from 1844 to 1847. He was born at Southfleet in Kent and died at Bournemouth, then in Hampshire, now in Dorset.
Career Ottey was educated at Rugby School and at St John's College, Cambridge. In cricket he had success as a bowler and his batting figures are not impressive by modern standards; in a few matches, however, he opened the batting.
Ottey graduated from Cambridge University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1847 and was ordained as a Church of England priest.
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Who was George Ottey?
English clergyman and cricketer (1824-1891)
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George Ottey was born on 9 October 1824.
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George Ottey died on 17 December 1891.
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George Ottey was a cricketer and anglican priest.
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George Ottey was British.
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