Famous Cricekters No 53 - George Geary

fitness could not be denied - a total of 1495 overs were bowled. Nowhere near a record, but modern bowlers would throw up their hands in horror! He made a hard-hit 102 at Liverpool, against Lancashire, being particularly severe on MacDonald. Leicestershire had lost seven wickets for 67, when Geary and Astill added 123 in 90 minutes. His most outstanding performance, however, was to take all ten Glamorgan wickets for 18 runs at Pontypridd. At the time, this was the best analysis ever in first-class cricket; Hedley Verity beat it three years later with ten for 10. His match figures of sixteen for 96 are still Leicestershire’s best. To compound Glamorgan’s misery, he had already taken ten wickets in the earlier match at Loughborough. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 293. Leicestershire v South Africans, Leicester, May 4, 6, 7 (Match drawn) run out 10 208 35 20 32 1 H.W.Taylor c N.F.Armstrong354-8d 1 b B.Mitchell 1 191-7 294. Leicestershire v Middlesex, Lord’s, May 8, 9 (Middlesex won by 30 runs) b R.W.V.Robins 0 72 17 5 31 5 J.W.Hearne lbw 72 E.H.Hendren c T.E.Sidwell N.E.Haig lbw R.W.V.Robins b F.J.Durston b st W.F.F.Price b J.W.Hearne 12 139 26 8 60 2 G.C.Newman b 169 I.A.R.Peebles lbw 295. Leicestershire v Derbyshire, Leicester, May 11, 13, 14 (Match drawn) b T.S.Worthington 0 174 32 7 79 2 G.M.Lee c N.F.Armstrong 339-9d 1 J.Bowden c T.E.Sidwell did not bat - 56-2 296. Leicestershire v Kent, Leicester, May 15, 16 (Kent won by ten wickets) st L.E.G.Ames b A.P.Freeman 2 99 13 5 18 2 A.L.Hilder c H.A.Smith 133 1 A.C.Wright b not out 10 109 6 3 3 0 76-0 297. Leicestershire v Northamptonshire, Northampton, May 18, 20, 21 (Match drawn) not out 69 381 44 13 92 4 C.N.Woolley c H.C.Snary 363 B.W.Bellamy c H.C.Snary E.F.Towell lbw E.W.Clark b did not bat - 185-3d - - - - 100-1 298. Leicestershire v Surrey, Leicester, May 22, 23, 24 (Leicestershire won by nine wickets) c T.F.Shepherd b H.S.Squires 37 408 18 4 49 3 H.T.Barling c E.W.Dawson 186 R.J.Gregory lbw P.G.H.Fender b did not bat - 52-1 35 16 70 2 A.Ducat b 273 H.A.Peach b 299. Leicestershire v Worcestershire, Leicester, May 25, 27, 28 (Match drawn) not out 44 324 43 18 60 4 J.B.Higgins b 260 1 L.Wright lbw C.F.Root lbw A.F.Lane b not out 18 197-7d 12 7 10 1 M.Nichol b 86-4 300. Leicestershire v Oxford University, The Parks, May 29, 30, 31 (Match drawn) not out 40 383 32 10 63 1 C.K.H.Hill-Wood st T.E.Sidwell 309 1 not out 4 183-5d - - - - 146-1 301. Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, June 1, 3, 4 (Match drawn) c B.Lilley b F.Barratt 7 156 34 8 97 3 W.Walker c T.E.Sidwell 224 1 W.R.D.Payton c T.E.Sidwell H.Larwood b b H.Larwood 10 225 12.5 0 42 1 A.W.Carr c C.A.R.Coleman 76-3 1 302. Leicestershire v Somerset, Leicester, June 5, 6, 7 (Leicestershire won by four wickets) not out 13 126 14 5 40 4 F.S.Lee b 105 1 J.W.Lee b J.C.White lbw E.F.Longrigg c H.A.Smith 45