Geoff Ward (cricketer)
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| Full name | Geoffrey Hubert Ward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
22 November 1926 Sittingbourne, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
20 April 2008 (aged 81) Bearsted, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1950 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1949 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 28 October 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Geoffrey Hubert Ward (22 November 1926 – 20 April 2008) was an English cricketer. Ward was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Sittingbourne, Kent.
Ward made two first-class appearances for Kent against Lancashire and Sussex in the 1949 County Championship,[1] scoring 19 runs at an average of 9.50, with a high score of 6 not out, while behind the stumps he took 2 catches and made a single stumping.[2] These were his only first-class appearances for Kent, in 1950 he moved to Essex, where he represented the county in a single first-class match against the Combined Services.[1] In this match, he scored 2 runs in Essex's first-innings before being dismissed by John Deighton, while in their second-innings he made the same score before being dismissed by Brian Close.[3]
He died at Bearsted, Kent on 20 April 2008.
References
- 1 2 "First-Class Matches played by Geoff Ward". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Geoff Ward". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ↑ "Essex v Combined Services, 1950". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 October 2011.