George Cawthray (28 September 1913 – 5 January 2000) was an English first-class cricketer, who played four matches for Yorkshire in a first-class career which spanned thirteen years. He appeared against Warwickshire and Essex in 1939, then reappeared against Glamorgan and Derbyshire in 1952. He retired as groundsman at Headingley in 1978, aged 65, and died in January 2001, at the age of 87.