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George Pennington (cricketer)

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George Arthur Adam Septimus Carter Trenchard Sale Pennington was an English cricketer active in 1927 who played for Northamptonshire (Northants). He appeared in twelve first-class matches as a righthanded batsman. Pennington was born in Cote Brook, Cheshire on 28 April 1899 and died in Armthorpe, Doncaster on 15 September 1933. He scored 259 runs with a highest score of 47.[1] Pennington died in an airplane crash in 1933 that also injured jockey Gordon Richards.[2]

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  1. ^ George Pennington at CricketArchive
  2. ^ "Champion Jockey's Escape". Citizen. 16 September 1933. p. 5. Retrieved 17 October 2023.