| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Albert Charles Taylor Geary |
| Birth Date: | 11 September 1900 |
| Birth Place: | East Croydon, Surrey, England |
| Death Place: | Saint Peter, Jersey |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium-fast |
| Club1: | Surrey |
| Year1: | 1922–1931 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 90 |
| Runs1: | 670 |
| Bat Avg1: | 10.63 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 40 |
| Deliveries1: | 16,163 |
| Wickets1: | 198 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 30.64 |
| Fivefor1: | 6 |
| Tenfor1: | 1 |
| Best Bowling1: | 6/50 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 33/– |
| Date: | 14 August |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13581.html Cricinfo |
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.
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.