George Alric R. Dewhurst (31 October 1894 – 4 January 1954) was a Trinidadian cricketer who played for West Indies before the team attained Test match status.

A highly regarded wicket-keeper, Dewhurst was an influential and popular member of the Trinidad and West Indian sides.

[10] Dewhurst had acted as vice-captain of the West Indies team in 1926 to Harold Austin, but in the event, Karl Nunes was selected as captain.

[15] Wisden Cricketers' Almanack noted: "The absence of Dewhurst—a member of the team of 1923—was very severely felt.

[14] After an absence from first-class cricket, Dewhurst returned to play for Trinidad in 1930 when the MCC toured the West Indies.

[3] Before the series, he was named in the press as a candidate to lead the West Indies Test team.

The same report suggested that, while he may not have been available for every Test, he was an ideal leader if the selectors chose different captains for the matches played on each island.

Citing "insularity and prejudice" in West Indian selection, an article in a Trinidad newspaper stated: "The selection of Betancourt in preference to Dewhurst was a pre-arranged affair, the latter being only given the leadership of the second Trinidad team in order to keep quiet a suspicious and already much chagrined public.

"[18] The newspaper suggested that Dewhurst had been set up to fail when the selectors gave him a weaker team to play the MCC, that he still out-performed Betancourt in captaincy, and that the decision was based on factors other than ability.

[1] He described him as "very unassuming, but winning in appearance Dewhurst is effective in his job and inspires confidence in bowler and fieldsmen alike.