George Robertson

George Pringle Robertson (22 August 1842 – 23 June 1895) was an Australian cricketer. He played four first-class cricket matches for Victoria between 1866 and 1872.

Biography Robertson was a son of William Robertson who settled in Tasmania, where George was born in Hobart. When his father removed to the Western District of Victoria, he and his brothers were sent to Rugby School. He graduated thence to Trinity College, Oxford, where, in addition to a very satisfactory scholastic career, he gained his blue in 1866 as one of the University eleven, when he was rated as one of the best batsmen in England.

Though devoted to business, he still retained his love of cricket, and had the distinction of captaining the Victorian eighteen which defeated W. G. Grace's English team on the Melbourne Cricket Ground by an innings in December 1873.