About George Giffen
George Giffen (27 March 1859 – 29 November 1927) was a cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. An all-rounder who batted in the middle order and often opened the bowling with medium-paced off-spin, Giffen captained Australia during the 1894–95 Ashes series and was the first Australian to score 10,000 runs and take 500 wickets in first-class cricket. He was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame on 26 February 2008. At the end of his test career in 1896 Griffin scored 1,238 runs with 1131 runs coming in the Ashes tests making him at the time the leading run getter in Ashes tests. == Early life and career == Giffen was born in the Adelaide neighbourhood of Norwood in 1859 to Richard Giffen, a carpenter and his wife Elizabeth (née Challand). He started his cricket career with Norwood Cricket Club, later moving to the West Adelaide club. In November 1877 Giffen made his first-class cricket debut, against Tasmania at the Adelaide Oval. Giffen made 47 runs, including South Australia's first runs in first-class cricket, and took four wickets for 16 runs in the Tasmanian first innings. Tasmania was forced to follow-on (bat twice in a row) and in the second innings Giffen captured another two wickets. == Test cricket == === Beginning === When Giffen was 22 years old he made his Test debut in Melbourne against England in 1881–82.
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