George Marples

Not to be confused with George Marple.

George Holmes Marples (30 May 1883 – 30 December 1947) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1905.

George Marples

Personal information
Full name	George Holmes Marples
Born	(1883-05-30)30 May 1883 Attercliffe, Yorkshire, England
Died	30 December 1947(1947-12-30) (aged 64) Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Bowling	Left-arm medium-fast
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1905	Derbyshire
FC debut	10 July 1904 Derbyshire v Australians
Last FC	17 July 1905 Derbyshire v MCC
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 2 Runs scored 11 Batting average 2.75 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 6 Balls bowled 192 Wickets 1 Bowling average 116.00 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 1/53 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: CricketArchive (subscription required), July 2012

Marples was born in Attercliffe, Sheffield. He made two first-class appearances for Derbyshire in the 1905 season, his debut against the touring Australians when he took a wicket. In his second match, a week later against Marylebone Cricket Club, MCC won by an innings and 252 runs. Marples was a left-arm medium-fast bowler who took one wicket in his career at an average of 116.00 and a tailend batsman who scored 11 runs in 4 innings in 2 first-class matches.

Marples died in Chesterfield at the age of 64.^[1]