George Field (Kent cricketer)

Field was born at Clapham in 1834, the son of George and Susanna Field. His father was a hop merchant who later became a Justice of the Peace (JP) and expanded Ashurst Park, a mansion near Tunbridge Wells in Kent. Field was educated at Eton College and University College, Oxford where he studied law. After graduating in 1858 he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in London and worked as a barrister and served as a JP. He later became a brewery owner and bank director after inheriting Ashurst Park in 1875. ==Cricket==

Although he did not make the Eton school team, Field was a keen amateur cricketer, occasionally playing alongside his brother Barclay. He played for Oxford University, although not in first-class matches, and later for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and teams such as Harlequins, Old Etonians and Sevenoaks Vine. The same year Field attended the meeting which established a new Kent County Cricket Club at Maidstone, proposing the first President. He served on the management committee of the club between 1865 and 1870 and his father and brother, Barclay Field, were both members of the club. ==Family and later life==

Field married Georgina Turnour, the daughter of Edward Turnour, 4th Earl Winterton, in 1862. The couple had two sons and three daughters. His wife memorialised him through a number of endowments to the local church, St Peter's at Fordcombe where many of the Hardinge family are buried. ==Notes==