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Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire born George Bean was a right-hand batsman who first played first class cricket for Nottinghamshire in 1885, but after an unremarkable season he moved on to Sussex, representing them between 1886 and 1898. His most successful season was in 1891, when one of his performances stood out above all the rest. Playing against Notts at Brighton in 1891 he scored 145 not out and 92, and it was his form that season which earned him a place on Lord Sheffield’s tour to Australia in 1891-92.
He made his Test match debut for England at Melbourne in January 1892 and played two further Test matches, scoring 92 runs in 5 innings with a high score of 50 on his debut at an average of 18.40, but he did not excel himself on the tour, and his form suffered further in 1892, ruling him out of further England contention, albeit in 1893 he was as good as ever and again came out at the top of the Sussex averages. Described as “one of the mainstays of the Sussex Eleven” and “a resolute hitter”, he had his Sussex benefit in 1893. After finishing playing for Sussex in 1898, he moved onto the Lord’s groundstaff and was a senior member there. He had a successful benefit at Lord’s in 1921 before his death from pneumonia in March 1923.
In a 247 match first class career, mainly with Sussex, he scored 9 centuries and 40 half centuries, with a highest score of 186. He scored 8,634 runs at an average of 20.70, and also took 260 wickets with his right-arm medium pace bowling at 27.25 a piece, with a best of 8-29. He twice took 10 wickets in a match and bowled 9 five wicket innings. He also took 154 catches in the first class game.
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