Famous Cricekters No 53 - George Geary

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct County Championship 27 36 4 400 43* 12.50 - - 25 Other Leics Matches 3 3 0 11 4 3.66 - - 1 Total 30 39 4 411 43* 11.74 - - 26 Career 385 571 100 8975 122 19.05 4 34 341 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5wI 10wM County Championship 1150.1 387 2001 116 8/20 17.25 6 4 Other Leics Matches 139.2 38 286 14 7/57 20.42 1 - Total 1289.3 425 2287 130 8/20 17.59 7 4 Career (6 ball) 13141.1 3911 } 29150 1494 10/18 19.51 88 21 (8 ball) 172.6 34 1931/32 - Lord Tennyson’s XI in Jamaica This short unofficial tour brought no success for Geary, but no doubt it gave some relief from a home winter, and the entertainment would have been first rate! Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 386. Lord Tennyson’s XI v Jamaica, Melbourne Park, Kingston, February 20, 22, 23, 24 (Jamaica won by an innings and 97 runs) not out 5 354 39 2 146 1 W.G.Beckford c G.T.S.Stevens 702-5d b H.B.Young 9 251 387. Lord Tennyson’s XI v Jamaica, Sabina Park, Kingston, February 27, 29, March 1, 2 (Jamaica won by five wickets) c D.P.S.Beckford b O.C.Scott 5 402 18 4 50 1 O.C.Scott c A.P.F.Chapman 228 1 not out 15 188 15 2 41 0 363-5 1 388. Lord Tennyson’s XI v Jamaica, Sabina Park, Kingston, March 10, 11, 12, 14 (Jamaica won by four wickets) not out 13 333 20 2 94 1 W.G.Beckford b 561 1 b O.C.da Costa 20 359 16 0 50 2 W.G.Beckford c E.H.Bowley 133-6 R.C.Marley b SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other Matches 3 6 3 67 20 22.33 - - 3 Career 388 577 103 9042 122 19.07 4 34 344 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5wI 10wM Other Matches 108 10 381 5 2/50 76.20 - - Career (6 ball) 13249.1 3921 } 29531 1499 10/18 19.70 88 21 (8 ball) 172.6 34 1932 Another wet summer, although Leicestershire were not affected quite so harshly this year. Geary’s economy was now quite phenomenal - 1.76 runs per over. He took eleven wickets in each match against Northamptonshire, in the first bowling 60 overs for 74 runs. His batting improved, with top scores of 63 and 60 not out in the same match, against Derbyshire at Chesterfield. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 389. Leicestershire v Kent, Leicester, May 7, 9, 10 (Kent won by ten wickets) not out 33 221 32 7 73 2 W.H.Ashdown lbw 284 1 H.T.W.Hardinge c A.Riddington 55