title: George Beslee
text: # George Beslee
  
  George Prior Beslee (27 March 1904 – 3 November 1975) was an English cricketer for Kent County Cricket Club between 1925 and 1930. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Beslee played 63 first-class cricket matches for Kent.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Beslee was born in March 1904 in Cliffe, a village on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent.
  
  ## Cricket career
  
  Beslee made his debut for Kent Second XI in July 1924 against Sussex Second XI. He played for Kent in the Minor Counties Championship through August 1924.
  
  Beslee was called up to the Kent First XI during the 1925 County Championship and made his first-class cricket debut against Middlesex in June. He played in three more County Championship matches that season, and continued to play for the second team.
  
  In 1926 he again appeared only sporadically for the First XI and took only 11 wickets in the season before taking 32 wickets at a bowling average of 29.65 in 1927 and 21 wickets in 1928. The 1929 season was Beslee's most successful in county cricket. He took 51 wickets, including his career-best 4/27, at an average of 26.35 which was also his best for a season. He played his final first-class match for Kent in July 1930 against Surrey at The Oval.
  
  ## Later life
  
  Beslee died in Tonbridge in Kent in 1975 at the age of 71.
  
  