George E. Hunt

Not to be confused with George R. Hunt, another Somerset cricketer.

George Edward Hunt (30 September 1896 – 22 January 1959) was an English cricketer who played over 200 matches for Somerset County Cricket Club as a bowling all-rounder.^[1] He scored nearly 5,000 first-class runs including one century and fifteen half-centuries, and took 386 wickets at a bowling average of 32.87 through a ten-year career from 1921 to 1931.

George Hunt

Personal information
Full name	George Edward Hunt
Born	(1896-09-30)30 September 1896 Pill, Somerset, England
Died	22 January 1959(1959-01-22) (aged 62) Bristol, Somerset, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Bowling all-rounder
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1921–1931	Somerset
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 233 Runs scored 4,952 Batting average 15.42 100s/50s 1/18 Top score 101 Balls bowled 30,576 Wickets 386 Bowling average 32.87 5 wickets in innings 11 10 wickets in match 1 Best bowling 7/61 Catches/stumpings 197/–
Source: CricInfo, 1 January 2009

Hunt was a lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler often used as first-change. He was also a regular close-to-the-wicket fielder.