High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! George Arthur Davidson (29 June 1866 8 February 1899) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1886 and 1898 and for Marylebone Cricket Club between 1888 and 1898. A useful all-rounder, he scored over 5500 runs and took 621 wickets in his first class career. Davidson was born in Brimington, Derbyshire, the son of Josh Davidson, a coal miner and his wife Elizabeth. His father played one game annually for Derbyshire from 1871 to 1875. Davidson's first-class career began for Derbyshire in 1886 playing against Marylebone Cricket Club, a game where he played in the lower order. He performed steadily over the following season, scoring the first two half-centuries of his career, though Derbyshire finished the season with nine losses from nine games. Derbyshire lost first class status in 1888 and Davidson's few first-class appearances in the subsequent six years were mainly for MCC. He scored two further half-centuries, once in 1890 and once in 1892.