# George Vials

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**George Alfred Turner** "**Tubby**" **Vials** (18 March 1887 – 26 April 1974) was an English [cricketer](/source/Cricket) who played [first-class cricket](/source/First-class_cricket) for [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire_County_Cricket_Club) from 1905 to 1922 and was club captain from 1911 to 1913.

Vials was a right-handed [batsman](/source/Batting_(cricket)). His highest score was 129, against [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire_County_Cricket_Club) in 1909 at [Northampton](/source/County_Cricket_Ground,_Northampton), when Northamptonshire won by one wicket.[1] His other century came in 1910 at [Sheffield](/source/Bramall_Lane), when he scored 100, easily the highest score in the match; in the absence of the regular captain, [Thomas Manning](/source/Thomas_Manning_(cricketer)), Vials captained Northamptonshire to their first victory over [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_County_Cricket_Club).[2][3] Under his captaincy in 1912 Northamptonshire finished a close second in the [County Championship](/source/County_Championship).[4]

A knee injury and his work as a solicitor in [Northampton](/source/Northampton) limited his cricket after 1912. However, he remained involved with the cricket club until his death. He was club president from 1956 to 1968.[3]

A native of Northampton who also died there, Vials attended [Wellingborough School](/source/Wellingborough_School), not far from Northampton. He also played [football](/source/Association_football) for [Northampton Town F.C.](/source/Northampton_Town_F.C.) and [hockey](/source/Field_hockey) for [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire).[5]

## References

1. ["Northamptonshire v Hampshire 1909"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7908.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 February 2018.

1. ["Yorkshire v Northamptonshire 1910"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8163.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 February 2018.

1. *[The Cricketer](/source/The_Cricketer)*, June 1974, p. 27.

1. ["County Championship 1912 Table"](https://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/0/County_Championship_1912.html). *CricketArchive*. Retrieved 22 February 2018.

1. *[Wisden](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack)* 1975, p. 1083.

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