Famous Cricekters No 53 - George Geary

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other Matches 22 24 7 609 75* 35.82 - 4 23 Career 228 353 56 5351 122 18.01 2 19 213 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5wI 10wM Other Matches 528.1 154 1162 81 8/56 14.34 4 1 Career 8039 2302 18487 956 9/33 19.33 58 13 1927 1927 was a miserably wet season, and Geary also missed a month’s cricket through injury. Consequently his wicket aggregate was reduced, but, without recording any sensational performances, he bowled consistently and economically. His best analysis was six for 18 against Derbyshire. A monumental effort of five for 59 off 46.3 overs helped Leicestershire to draw with Lancashire late in the season, but the points gained by Lancashire from this match were sufficient to secure the Championship. Geary batted well, finishing with an average of 29. A spell of four innings in three consecutive matches brought 329 runs, including two nineties, at the beginning of August - he had recorded a pair in the previous game! When he bowled W.L.Neale, in the match against Gloucestershire at Cheltenham during July, Geary took his 1,000th wicket in first-class cricket. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 229. Leicestershire v Worcestershire, Worcester, May 7, 9 (Leicestershire won by five wickets) c C.F.Root b C.V.Tarbox 13 141 8 2 21 0 148 2 b C.V.Tarbox 0 91-5 - - - - 83 2 230. Leicestershire v Hampshire, Southampton, May 11, 12, 13 (Match drawn) run out 5 262 31 3 124 1 J.A.Newman st T.E.Sidwell 548-6d lbw b A.S.Kennedy 8 298-7 231. Leicestershire v Glamorgan, Leicester, May 14, 16, 17 (Match drawn) b W.E.Bates 0 258 32 12 53 3 D.Sullivan c J.C.Bradshaw 167 1 J.T.Bell b C.F.Walters c F.Bale did not bat - 81-0d 4 2 2 0 46-1 232. Leicestershire v Oxford University, The Parks, May 18, 19, 20 (Leicestershire won by 208 runs) c C.E.Frazer b R.E.C.Butterworth 54 256 18 5 34 4 L.R.Serrurier b 178 M.A.McCanlis b J.W.Greenstock c S.S.Coulson T.G.Richardson b not out 13 255-6d 17 8 28 3 C.E.Frazer lbw 125 2 E.R.T.Holmes st T.E.Sidwell M.A.McCanlis c A.W.Shipman 233. Leicestershire v Gloucestershire, Ashby Road, Hinckley, May 21, 23, 24 (Leicestershire won by 279 runs) c W.R.Hammond b T.W.J.Goddard 25 243 19.5 2 51 4 H.Smith c T.E.Sidwell 87 1 W.R.Hammond c and b E.G.Morrison b J.G.W.T.Bessant c T.E.Sidwell not out 14 271-5d 22 3 65 3 W.H.Rowlands b 148 1 E.G.Morrison b D.F.Pope st T.E.Sidwell 234. Leicestershire v Sussex, Leicester, May 25, 26, 27 (Leicestershire won by three wickets) b M.W.Tate 31 182 10 3 28 1 M.W.Tate c T.E.Sidwell 223 1 c R.A.Hollingdale b M.W.Tate 4 191-7 26 10 45 5 A.F.Wensley b 148 R.A.Hollingdale c J.C.Bradshaw A.H.H.Gilligan b A.E.R.Gilligan b W.L.Cornford b 38