5 Father-son pairs who have appeared in the same cricket match

5. George and George Vernon Gunn

George Gunn, the former England cricket played 15 Tests in which he gathered 1120 runs with the help of two tons and seven half-centuries. The fans would be astonished to know that he was a legendary cricketer in England’s first-class cricket, who ended up with more than 35,000 runs next to his name with 62 tons and 194 half-centuries.

On the other hand, his son George Vernon Gunn never played for England. But, he did exceedingly well with the bat in first-class cricket. Both the players used to play for Nottinghamshire.

In 1931, during a match against Warwickshire, the senior Gunn played a marathon knock of 183 runs. The junior Gunn, who was playing his debut game for the same team score a brilliant ton. As per the stats of the recorded game, they are the only father-son pair to score tons in the same game. They both played together in 34 matches in First-class cricket.