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{{Short description|English cricketer (1880–1951)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = George Vasey
| country = England
| full_name = George Herbert Vasey
| birth_date = 3 October 1880
| birth_place = [[Islington]], [[Middlesex]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1951|6|13|1880|10|3}}
| death_place = [[Norwich]], [[Norfolk]], England
| family = [[Percy Vasey]] (brother)
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Hertfordshire County Cricket Club|Hertfordshire]]
| year1 = 1906–1924
| club2 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year2 = 1917/18–1918/19
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 4
| runs1 = 238
| bat avg1 = 34.00
| 100s/50s1 = 1/1
| top score1 = 115
| deliveries1 = 420
| wickets1 = 9
| bowl avg1 = 21.33
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 5/50
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 7 July
| year = 2019
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/35688.html ESPNcricinfo
}}
'''George Herbert Vasey''' (3 October 1880 – 13 June 1951) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and educator.

Vasey was born at [[Islington]] in October 1880 and was educated at the [[Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood|Merchant Taylors' School]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Merchant Taylors' School Register, 1851-1920 |date=1923 |publisher=Merchant's Taylors' Company |pages=279 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_4tBAAAAYAAJ |language=en}}</ref> He was later employed as an assistant master by [[Aldenham School]], where he served as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom & other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] with the school contingent of the [[Officers' Training Corps]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28266|date=2 July 1909|page=5068}}</ref> He made his debut in [[Minor Counties of English and Welsh cricket|minor counties cricket]] for [[Hertfordshire County Cricket Club|Hertfordshire]] against [[Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club|Buckinghamshire]] in the 1906 [[Minor Counties Championship]].<ref name="MCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14793/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by George Vasey |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-07-07 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

He served in the [[First World War]] with the [[Dorset Regiment]], during which he was promoted to the rank of [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in December 1914.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29043|date=15 January 1915|page=597|supp=y}}</ref> While serving during the war in [[British India]], he made his debut in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]] in the 1917–18 [[Bombay Quadrangular]] at [[Bombay Gymkhana|Bombay]]. He made three further first-class appearances for the Europeans, the last of which came in 1918–19 Bombay Quadrangular.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14793/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by George Vasey |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-07-07 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He also played in the first-class 'victory match' for [[Rest of England cricket teams|England]] against [[Indians cricket team|India]] in November 1918, shortly after the signing of the [[Armistice of 11 November 1918|Armistice]].<ref name="FCM"/> He scored 238 runs at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of 34.00 in his four first-class matches.<ref name="PRO">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14793/14793.html |title=Player profile: George Vasey |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-07-07 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> His top-score of 115 came against the [[Indians cricket team|Indians]] in January 1918.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9501.html |title=Europeans v Indians, 1917/18 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-07-07 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> With the ball, he took 9 wickets (all for the Europeans) at a [[bowling average]] of 18.66, with best figures of 5 for 88 on debut against the Parsees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14793/f_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by George Vasey |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-07-07 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9496.html |title=Europeans v Parsees, 1917/18 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-07-07 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Following the war, he resumed playing minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire until 1924.<ref name="MCM"/> He also resumed his teaching career at Aldenham School, retiring in July 1944.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36711|date=19 September 1944|page=4379|supp=y}}</ref> Vasey died at [[Norwich]] in June 1951. His brother, [[Percy Vasey|Percy]], also played first-class cricket.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=35688}}

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[[Category:1880 births]]
[[Category:1951 deaths]]
[[Category:Cricketers from the London Borough of Islington]]
[[Category:People from Islington (district)]]
[[Category:People educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood]]
[[Category:Schoolteachers from Hertfordshire]]
[[Category:Dorset Regiment officers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Hertfordshire cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Non-international England cricketers]]
[[Category:Military personnel from the London Borough of Islington]]
[[Category:Officers' Training Corps officers]]

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