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4 unusual facts about George Cotterill


George Cotterill

In April 1892, Corinthians played a multi-sport tournament against the Barbarians rugby club.

This time, Cotterill was selected as part of a predominately amateur team (most of the players were members of the Corinthian club) to play against Wales at the Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, and was one of only three players in the side who had previous international experience.

Finally, the two clubs met a few weeks later in a cricket match in which Cotterill played alongside several other prominent Corinthians, including Fry, Lindley and Charles Wreford-Brown, with the Barbarians winning by four wickets.

In 1893, he again started the season well for Corinthian with a hat-trick in a 11–0 defeat of The Army (Rupert Sandilands scored six).



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