Famous Cricekters No 53 - George Geary

Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5wI 10wM Test Matches 77.3 18 180 12 7/70 15.00 2 1 Other Matches 147 43 309 16 6/75 19.31 1 - Total 224.3 61 489 28 7/70 17.46 3 1 Career 8998.3 2599 20571 1066 9/33 19.29 65 14 1928 This season was a disaster for Geary, his elbow injury was still causing serious problems, and he bowled very little, playing on for a while only as a batsman. Following an apparently successful operation, he was passed fit, played at Scarborough, and was selected for the Australian tour. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 266. Leicestershire v Sussex, Hove, May 2, 3, 4 (Sussex won by seven wickets) b E.H.Bowley 37 280 10 2 39 1 J.H.Parks c T.E.Sidwell 270 b M.W.Tate 0 118 11 2 18 0 131-3 267. Leicestershire v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, May 5, 7, 8 (Match drawn) c J.T.Morgan b E.D.Blundell 17 169 18 0 34 0 381 1 c J.T.Morgan b E.D.Blundell 27 394 - - - - 73-6 2 268. Leicestershire v Surrey, Leicester, May 30, 31, June 1 (Match drawn) lbw b P.G.H.Fender 11 280 7 1 18 1 J.B.Hobbs c T.E.Sidwell 316 1 c D.R.Jardine b A.Sandham 51 253 - - - - 32-0 269. Leicestershire v Gloucestershire, Ashley Down, Bristol, June 2, 4, 5 (Match drawn) b W.R.Hammond 5 291 11 1 34 1 A.E.Dipper c A.W.Shipman 323 c C.J.Barnett b P.T.Mills 1 204 4 0 11 0 37-0 270. Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire, Leicester, June 9, 11, 12 (Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 92 runs) run out 26 194 23 2 94 0 487-8d c B.Lilley b F.Barratt 20 201 271. Leicestershire v Derbyshire, College Ground, Loughborough, June 13, (14), 15 (Match drawn) lbw b T.S.Worthington 28 120 21 6 28 3 H.Storer, jun. c T.E.Sidwell 224-8d J.M.Hutchinson c T.E.Sidwell G.R.Jackson c G.L.Berry c J.Bowden b G.R.Jackson 23 144-6 272. Leicestershire v Yorkshire, Headingley, June 16, 18, 19 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 28 runs) run out 32 142 14 6 29 0 291 2 c P.Holmes b E.Robinson 20 121 273. Leicestershire v Lancashire, Liverpool, June 20, (21), 22 (Match drawn) c R.K.Tyldesley b E.A.MacDonald 54 198 237-7 274. Leicestershire v Glamorgan, Leicester, June 23, 25, 26 (Match drawn) lbw b T.Arnott 29 353-9d 2 0 7 0 303 - - - - 115-2 2 275. Leicestershire v Sussex, Leicester, June 27, 28, 29 (Match drawn) c and b A.E.R.Gilligan 22 374-8d 191 78-2 276. Leicestershire v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, June 30, July 2, 3 (Match drawn) b T.W.Durnell 5 275 307 1 c N.E.Partridge b T.W.Durnell 5 289 49-2 277. Leicestershire v Kent, Tonbridge, July 4, 5, 6 (Match drawn) not out 16 107 288 b A.P.Freeman 17 432 169-6 278. Leicestershire v Warwickshire, Leicester, July 7, 9, 10 (Leicestershire won by nine wickets) st E.J.Smith b A.J.W.Croom 12 377-7d 188 1 did not bat - 63-1 251 279. Leicestershire v Gloucestershire, Leicester, July 14, 16, 17 (Leicestershire won by six wickets) c W.H.Rowlands b C.W.L.Parker 4 333 3 2 5 0 237 1 42