Given Lyness
Appearance
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Full name | George Edward Given Lyness | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Dunmurry, Northern Ireland | 16 December 1937||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1961 | Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 1 January 2022 |
George Edward Given Lyness, usually known as Given Lyness (born 16 December 1937 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an Irish former cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler,[1] he played three times for the Ireland cricket team in 1961[2] including one first-class match.[3] He made his debut for Ireland in August 1961, playing against the MCC[2] in a first-class match.[3] The following month, he played twice against Australia in what were his final matches for Ireland, finishing with a record of 13 wickets at an average of 15.69.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Cricket Archive profile
- ^ a b c "CricketEurope Stats Zone profile". Archived from the original on 2 December 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2007.
- ^ a b First-class matches played by Given Lyness at CricketArchive