Albert Charles Taylor Geary (11 September 1900 – 23 January 1989) was an English cricketer. Geary was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in East Croydon, London.
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| Full name | Albert Charles Taylor Geary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 September 1900 East Croydon, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 January 1989 (aged 88) Saint Peter, Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1922–1931 | Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 14 August 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Having played for the Surrey Second XI since 1921 in the Minor Counties Championship,[1] he made his first-class debut for Surrey against Somerset in the 1922 County Championship. It wouldn't be until the 1925 season that he became more of a regular starter in the Surrey XI. By the time he played his final first-class match against Lancashire in the 1931 County Championship, he had made 90 first-class appearances.[2] Geary's role within the team was as a bowler, in his 90 first-class matches he took 198 wickets at an average of 30.64, with best figures of 6/50.[3] These figures, one of six five-wicket hauls he took in his career, came against Hampshire in the 1927 County Championship, a season in which he took 79 wickets at an average of 25.15, making it the most successful season of his career.[4] A lower-order batsman, Geary scored 670 runs at a batting average of 10.63, with a high score of 40.[5] His time at Surrey was characterised by him making nearly as many appearances for the Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship as he did for the First XI.[1] With the batsman-friendly pitches at The Oval not helping his bowling, and with him being all too often overlooked by the Surrey selectors,[6] he left the county at the end of the 1931 season. While playing for Surrey, he stood as an umpire in a first-class match between the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force.[7]
He soon after moved to Jersey, playing a single match for the Jersey cricket team against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1934.[8] The match was a success for Geary, with him taking a total of 8 wickets in it, as well as scoring a century in Jersey's first-innings. The match though was not rated as first-class.[9] Geary would go on to take 437 wickets against touring teams in eight seasons for the island.[6] He lived out the remainder of his life on Jersey, with him dying in Saint Peter on 21 January 1989.
References edit
- ^ a b "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Albert Geary". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Albert Geary". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Albert Geary". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "First-class Bowling in Each Season by Albert Geary". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Albert Geary". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ a b "Obituaries in 1989". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "Albert Geary as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "Other matches played by Albert Geary". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "Jersey v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1934". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
External links edit
- Albert Geary at ESPNcricinfo
- Albert Geary at CricketArchive