George Thornton (24 December 1867 – 31 January 1939) was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played County Championship cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in three matches in 1891, and later that decade for Middlesex, and later appeared in a Test match representing South Africa in 1902.
| Format | Matches | Runs | Avg | 100s/50s | Top Score | Wickets | Bowl Avg | Best Bowling | Catches/St |
| Test | 1 | 1 | – | 0/0 | 1* | 1 | 20.00 | 1/20 | 1/– |
| First-class | 41 | 1,263 | 22.55 | 1/4 | 161 | 32 | 31.46 | 5/20 | 13/– |
