Famous Cricekters No 53 - George Geary

526. Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire, Leicester, August 11, 12, 13 (Match drawn) c W.Walker b G.V.Gunn 13 206 22 2 58 1 C.B.Harris c H.A.Smith 502-8d 1 did not bat - 90-1 527. Leicestershire v Glamorgan, Arms Park, Cardiff, August 21, 23, 24 (Glamorgan won by nine wickets) b J.C.Clay 0 152 42.4 13 96 4 A.H.Dyson c N.F.Armstrong 350 D.E.Davies b D.Davies b J.Mercer c F.T.Prentice c T.L.Brierley b A.D.G.Matthews 25 217 - - - - 20-1 528. Leicestershire v Derbyshire, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, August 25, 26, 27 (Derbyshire won by 32 runs) b W.H.Copson 0 108 19 3 39 0 213 c H.Elliott b L.F.Townsend 36 393 15 3 47 0 320-8d SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct County Championship 22 34 3 574 74 18.51 - 4 16 Other Leics Matches 2 2 0 31 25 15.50 - - 2 Total 24 36 3 605 74 18.33 - 4 18 Career 528 790 132 12631 122 19.19 5 52 438 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5wI 10wM County Championship 903 243 1979 66 6/52 29.98 4 1 Other Leics Matches 51 11 141 2 2/76 70.50 - - Total 954 254 2120 68 6/52 31.17 4 1 Career (6 ball) 18552.3 5488 } 40165 2016 10/18 19.92 124 30 (8 ball) 172.6 34 1938 Half way through the season, Leicestershire were undefeated and lying in fourth place in the Championship. Then Stewart Dempster, the captain and inspiration, was not available for several matches. He was employed by Sir Julien Cahn, and presumably other responsibilities intruded. The rot then set in ; not another match was won, and the County eventually finished fifteenth. Geary was captain in Dempster’s absence, but this came far too late in his career, and he was unable to lead by example. He did have his best ever season with the bat, averaging 36, but all three hundreds and both fifties had come before Dempster’s departure. His bowling started reasonably well, and there was one flash of the old George, when he took six for 77 at Edgbaston. Wisden states that “Geary’s all-round cricket stood out prominently in an interesting struggle”. Thereafter, wickets became more and more difficult to get. H.F.T.Buse of Somerset became the final victim of his career, lbw at Aylestone Road on 22nd July. He played on for another three weeks, bowling less and less, and finally bowed out after the Sussex match at Hove, finishing on 12th August. He was left out of the side for the remaining matches of the season. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 529. Leicestershire v Australians, Leicester, May 7, 9, 10 (Australians won by an innings and 163 runs) c J.H.W.Fingleton b F.A.Ward 1 212 37 7 80 1 M.G.Waite c W.H.Flamson 590-5d st B.A.Barnett b F.A.Ward 3 215 530. Leicestershire v Oxford University, The Parks, May 18, 19, 20 (Match drawn) c E.D.R.Eagar b P.M.W.Whitehouse 21 428 35 11 61 4 E.J.H.Dixon c W.H.Flamson 340 J.B.Guy b E.D.R.Eagar b G.R.J.de Soysa lbw 19 7 45 3 E.J.H.Dixon c J.B.Frisby 324-8 E.D.R.Eagar b P.M.W.Whitehouse b 71