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 Giffen in about 1895 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | George Giffen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 March 1859 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 November 1927 (aged 68) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Walter Giffen (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 27) | 31 December 1881 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 10 August 1896 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1877/78–1902/03 | South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 7 March 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Giffen (27 March 1859 – 29 November 1927) was a cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. An all-rounder who batted in the middle order and often opened the bowling with medium-paced off-spin, Giffen captained Australia during the 1894–95 Ashes series and was the first Australian to score 10,000 runs and take 500 wickets in first-class cricket. He was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame on 26 February 2008. At the end of his test career in 1896 Griffin scored 1,238 runs with 1131 runs coming in the Ashes tests making him at the time the leading run getter in Ashes tests.