Famous Cricekters No 53 - George Geary

432. Leicestershire v Sussex, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, August 2, 3 (Leicestershire won by six wickets) lbw b J.H.Cornford 0 145 15 6 20 4 J.H.Parks c W.E.Astill 106 T.E.R.Cook lbw H.W.Parks c R.J.Packe H.E.Hammond b did not bat - 38-4 21 9 26 4 J.H.Parks st T.E.Sidwell 72 A.Melville lbw T.E.R.Cook b H.W.Parks b 433. Leicestershire v Northamptonshire, Leicester, August 5, 7, 8 (Leicestershire won by four wickets) b V.W.C.Jupp 5 169 21 7 30 0 299 1 not out 15 283-6 7 3 6 1 J.E.Timms c E.W.Dawson 152-7d 434. Leicestershire v Yorkshire, Leicester, August 9, 10, 11 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 251 runs) lbw b M.Leyland 19 154 32 6 85 3 H.Sutcliffe c and b 550 2 C.Turner c A.W.Shipman J.S.Douglass c R.J.Packe not out 19 145 435. Leicestershire v Gloucestershire, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 12, 14, 15 (Gloucestershire won by 46 runs) st P.I.van der Gucht b W.L.Neale 0 437 26 4 56 1 R.A.Sinfield lbw 278 2 c B.H.Lyon b T.W.J.Goddard 16 135 18 2 55 1 F.J.Seabrook c H.A.Smith 340-8d 1 436. Leicestershire v Hampshire, Leicester, August 16, 17, 18 (Match drawn) absent hurt - 278 4 2 3 0 437 did not bat - 153-2 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct County Championship 16 26 6 430 81 21.50 - 3 17 Other Leics Matches 1 2 1 30 29* 30.00 - - - Total 17 28 7 460 81 21.90 - 3 17 Career 436 650 116 10275 122 19.24 4 41 382 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5wI 10wM County Championship 535.5 156 1086 34 4/20 31.94 - - Other Leics Matches 56.5 16 117 6 4/69 19.50 - - Total 592.4 172 1203 40 4/20 30.07 - - Career (6 ball) 15025.3 4474 } 32821 1650 10/18 19.89 95 23 (8 ball) 172.6 34 1934 Geary recovered form and effectiveness, so much so that he was chosen for the first two Test matches. In the first, at Trent Bridge, he scored a belligerent 53 before being stumped, and put on 101 for the seventh wicket with Hendren. He also took four wickets in the match. The Second Test, at Lord’s, was “Verity’s Match”. Geary did not take a wicket, was injured, and did not return to the Leicestershire team until late in July. That was to be his final Test Match. He bowled well for Leicestershire, taking 59 wickets cheaply, and his best performance was ten wickets, five in each innings, against Gloucestershire. He also made his final appearance for the Players v. Gentlemen at Folkestone at the end of the season. His second innings 109 was made in even time, and contained 16 fours. Wisden states that “Geary drove and pulled splendidly”. This was his last representative match of any sort; thereafter his cricket was confined to Leicestershire matches. 60