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| Full name | Geoffrey Hubert Ward | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1926-11-22)22 November 1926 Sittingbourne, Kent | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 April 2008(2008-04-20) (aged 81) Bearsted, Kent | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1949 | Kent | ||||||||||||||
| 1950 | Essex | ||||||||||||||
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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, 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. 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. 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.
He died at Bearsted, Kent on 20 April 2008.
References
- ^ "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.