Geoffrey Ward | |
Country: | England |
Fullname: | Geoffrey Hubert Ward |
Birth Date: | 22 November 1926 |
Birth Place: | Sittingbourne, Kent |
Death Place: | Bearsted, Kent |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Role: | Wicket-keeper |
Club1: | Kent |
Year1: | 1949 |
Club2: | Essex |
Year2: | 1950 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 3 |
Runs1: | 26 |
Bat Avg1: | 5.75 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 6 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 3/1 |
Date: | 28 October |
Year: | 2011 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22298.html Cricinfo |
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.