Famous Cricekters No 53 - George Geary

Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5wI 10wM County Championship 927.1 273 1827 97 7/7 18.83 7 1 Other Leics Matches 55 17 127 5 2/44 25.40 - - Total 982.1 290 1954 102 7/7 19.15 7 1 Career (6 ball) 17598.3 5234 } 38045 1948 10/18 19.53 120 29 (8 ball) 172.6 34 1937 Leicestershire won a single match in 1937; only through Northamptonshire failing to win at all were they kept from the wooden spoon. The reasons were quite plain to see. Whilst the batsmen made runs a-plenty, the ageing attack had no penetration. Geary was now finding the going difficult, 68 wickets at 31 runs each for a whole season’s work was a dramatic decline. There were a few bright spots - ten wickets against Gloucestershire included his best analysis of six for 52 in the second innings, and there were three more five-wicket hauls. Ninety-one overs in the match at Northampton will have tested the stamina. But the writing was on the wall, at least as far as bowling was concerned. He could still make some belligerent runs when required. The best of his four fifties was 74 at Tunbridge Wells, and no doubt a few balls found their way into the rhododendrons! A.J.Holmes, of Sussex, was Geary’s 2000th victim, at Hove in July. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 505. Leicestershire v Hampshire, Leicester, May 8, 10, 11 (Match drawn) c J.Arnold b G.S.Boyes 54 376 26 5 44 0 231 did not bat - 181-4d 5 3 9 0 27-0 506. Leicestershire v Northamptonshire, Northampton, May 15, 17, 18 (Match drawn) b J.E.Buswell 11 264 50.1 20 78 6 N.Grimshaw b 279 J.E.Timms b D.Brookes b W.C.Brown lbw R.J.Partridge c G.L.Berry G.C.Perkins b did not bat - 75-3 41 21 50 2 N.Grimshaw b 151 K.C.James lbw 507. Leicestershire v Glamorgan, Leicester, May 19, 20, 21 (Glamorgan won by an innings and 49 runs) c D.Davies b D.E.Davies 6 164 38 3 90 0 469-7d c C.C.Smart b D.E.Davies 13 256 508. Leicestershire v Somerset, Leicester, May 22, 24, 25 (Match drawn) c F.S.Lee b A.W.Wellard 1 92 38.1 13 57 3 G.M.Bennett b 186 R.Southcombe hit wkt H.L.Hazell c H.A.Smith c and b W.H.R.Andrews 28 246 29 11 55 0 123-8 1 509. Leicestershire v Sussex, Leicester, May 26, 27, 28 (Match drawn) lbw b J.H.Cornford 0 351 44 15 86 2 H.E.Hammond b 446-4 W.L.Cornford b 510. Leicestershire v Kent, Leicester, May 29, 31, June 1 (Kent won by nine wickets) b D.V.P.Wright 0 229 27 3 84 1 W.H.Ashdown b 420 b D.V.P.Wright 15 236 6 3 4 0 47-1 511. Leicestershire v Gloucestershire, Wagon Works, Gloucester, June 2, 3, 4 (Match drawn) b T.W.J.Goddard 0 351 40 9 90 3 C.J.Barnett c P.Corrall 471 W.L.Neale lbw R.A.Sinfield lbw did not bat - 299-3 512. Leicestershire v Somerset, Frome, June 5, 7, 8 (Match drawn) b W.H.R.Andrews 61 490 40.5 17 72 6 F.S.Lee c P.Corrall 266 2 C.J.P.Barnwell b W.H.R.Andrews b A.W.Wellard c and b P.S.M.Molyneux c and b W.T.Luckes lbw 19 9 31 1 H.F.T.Buse c C.S.Dempster 236-4 1 69