George Whitcombe captained Wales at baseball, winning a total of five caps.
17 Facts About George Whitcombe
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On 27 June 1928, George took a break from football to marry Gwendoline Thomas in Grangetown, Cardiff.
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George Whitcombe later turned out for non-League sides Ashton National Gas and Colwyn Bay.
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George Whitcombe was part of a famous sporting family; his brother Frank represented Great Britain and Wales at rugby league, his nephew Frank Whitcombe Jr played rugby union for Bradford RFC and Yorkshire, and his great-nephew Martin Whitcombe played rugby union for Leicester Tigers and England Saxons.
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In summer 1922, George Whitcombe signed for First Division Cardiff City.
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George Whitcombe played fifteen times for County, before joining Port Vale back in the Second Division in August 1926.
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George Whitcombe made only seven appearances for Notts County, having been sent off, for the only time in his career, in a county cup game against Frickley Colliery, and hit with a month-long suspension as punishment.
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George Whitcombe returned to Cardiff, though his playing days were not quite over.
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George Whitcombe moved to be player-coach to a works team in Ashton-under-Lyne called Ashton National Gas, before ending his football career at Colwyn Bay.
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George Whitcombe won a total of five caps for Wales, all against England.
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George Whitcombe won his third cap on 20 July 1929, at the same ground in Liverpool; he scored 2 and 2 batting second out of 83 and 52 for 5; England made 71 and 62.
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George Whitcombe captained Wales at The Old Recreation Ground in an international match on 17 May 1930; Wales made 45 and 70, England made 59 and 27.
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George Whitcombe then ran the "Coldstream Hotel" at Riverside just outside Cardiff city centre for a twenty-seven-year period between 1937 and 1964.
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George Whitcombe served in the Home Guard during World War II.
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George Whitcombe was one of ten children growing up at 52 Wedmore Road in Grangetown.
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George Whitcombe's father, Frederick William Whitcombe, was a prizefighter in bare-knuckle boxing at Cardiff Docks, known locally as Tiger Bay.
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George Whitcombe attended Ninian Park Council School in Cardiff, along with his brother Frank.