George Webb

George William Webb (23 October 1857 – 26 December 1931) was an English professional cricketer, umpire and cricket coach. Webb played in two first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club. (CricInfo has two separate George Webbs, both playing a single match for Kent, one born in 1857 and the other born in 1859.) Derek Carlaw's research suggests that these are the same person. CricketArchive has only one George Webb, born in 1857, playing two matches for Kent.

Cricket career After playing for Kent Colts in 1879, Webb made his first-class debut for the county in 1880 against Sussex. He was employed as a professional cricketer and coach throughout the 1880s, working at locations such as Westminster School, Croome Court and Oxford University and by the early 1890s was working at Tonbridge School and playing for Tonbridge Cricket Club. After a good performance for a team of professionals against the Gentlemen of Kent in 1892, he made his second and final first-class appearance for Kent, taking a single wicket against Somerset at Taunton. After the establishment of the Tonbridge Nursery in 1897, Webb was employed as a coach at the Nursery until 1900.

Webb married Margaret Redfern in 1894; the couple had two daughters. He died in 1931 at Stoke-by-Nayland in Suffolk aged 74.