Famous Cricekters No 53 - George Geary

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct County Championship 20 33 7 333 42 12.80 - - 20 Career 25 40 13 340 42 12.59 - - 21 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5wI 10wM County Championship 746.5 163 2055 79 7/58 26.01 5 1 Career 820.4 181 2228 87 7/58 25.60 5 1 1914 He continued to improve in 1914, and Wisden comments that “whenever the turf afforded him any help he made the most of his chances, and his accuracy of pitch compelled batsmen to watch him very carefully”. Another fine match at the Fox and Goose, Coalville, brought him eleven wickets for 112. Geary scored his first fifty, at Burton-on-Trent, and this justified his elevation of a place or two in the batting order. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 26. Leicestershire v Essex, Leicester, May 2, 4, 5 (Leicestershire won by 239 runs) c C.D.McIver b B.Tremlin 2 124 20 5 34 2 A.C.Watson b 143 H.W.Smith b not out 6 387 15.3 5 36 3 H.W.Smith b 129 H.M.Hills c H.Whitehead H.Mead c A.T.Sharp 27. Leicestershire v Hampshire, Southampton, May 6, 7 (Hampshire won by an innings and 105 runs) lbw b A.Jaques 0 134 26.4 10 77 4 C.P.Mead c S.Coe 302 J.A.Newman c A.Skelding H.A.H.Smith c T.E.Sidwell A.S.Kennedy lbw c A.Jaques b A.S.Kennedy 6 63 28. Leicestershire v Lancashire, Leicester, May 9, 11, 12 (Leicestershire won by 34 runs) b R.Whitehead 5 181 23 9 46 5 A.H.Hornby b 168 1 J.T.Tyldesley c and b G.E.Tyldesley c H.Whitehead W.K.Tyldesley c H.Whitehead W.Huddleston c T.E.Sidwell c J.T.Tyldesley b H.Dean 6 170 23 4 69 3 J.T.Tyldesley c C.J.B.Wood 149 1 G.E.Tyldesley c H.Wright A.E.Lawton c H.Whitehead 29. Leicestershire v Hampshire, Leicester, May 14, 15, 16 (Hampshire won by 100 runs) lbw b A.Jaques 6 216 22 7 52 4 H.A.W.Bowell b 157 G.Brown b G.C.Harrison b H.A.H.Smith b b A.S.Kennedy 7 130 27.1 5 69 2 H.A.W.Bowell c H.Wright 289 J.A.Newman c A.T.Sharp 30. Leicestershire v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, May 18, 19, 20 (Warwickshire won by 258 runs) not out 8 196 23.2 4 62 4 W.G.Quaife c and b 325 1 C.S.Baker c A.Mounteney E.J.Smith b E.F.Field b b S.Santall 0 116 28 7 90 3 S.P.Kinneir c H.Whitehead 245-8d C.Charlesworth c T.E.Sidwell C.S.Baker b 31. Leicestershire v Worcestershire, Worcester, May (23), 25, 26 (Match drawn) did not bat - 278-3d 24.3 11 42 5 F.L.Bowley b 114 H.K.Foster b A.T.Cliff b R.D.Burrows c H.Whitehead J.A.Cuffe lbw did not bat - 52-0 34 8 118 2 F.L.Bowley c and b 345-7d 1 R.D.Burrows b 14