Geoffrey Anson

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Geoffrey Anson
country = England
fullname = Geoffrey Frank Anson
dayofbirth = 8
monthofbirth = 10
yearofbirth = 1922
placeofbirth = Sevenoaks, Kent
countryofbirth = England
dayofdeath = 4
monthofdeath = 12
yearofdeath = 1977
placeofdeath = Hastings, Sussex
countryofdeath = England
batting = Right-handed
role = Batsman
club1 = Kent
year1 = 1947
club2 = Cambridge University
year2 = 1947
type1 = First-class
debutdate1 = 10 May
debutyear1 = 1947
debutfor1 = Cambridge University
debutagainst1 = Essex
lastdate1 = 23 August
lastyear1 = 1947
lastfor1 = Kent
lastagainst1 = Somerset
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 10
runs1 = 460
bat avg1 = 25.55
100s/50s1 = 1/2
top score1 = 106
deliveries1 = 0
wickets1 = -
bowl avg1 = -
fivefor1 = -
tenfor1 = -
best bowling1 = -
catches/stumpings1 = 6/0
date = 15 June
year = 2008
source = http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/27/27490/27490.html CricketArchive

Geoffrey Frank Anson (8 October 1922–4 December 1977) was an English cricketer. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/8748.html Cricinfo profile] ] A right-handed batsman, he played ten first-class matches during the 1947 English cricket season for Cambridge University and Kent. [http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/27/27490/27490.html CricketArchive profile] ] He also represented the Nigeria national cricket team. [http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/27/27490/all_teams.html Teams played for by Geoffrey Anson] at CricketArchive]

Biography

Born Sevenoaks in 1922, Geoffrey Anson was educated at Harrow, where he played cricket, and at the University of Cambridge.Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1979, [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228566.html Obituaries before 1978] ] It was at Cambridge where he made his first-class debut, playing against Essex. [http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/27/27490/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Geoffrey Anson] at CricketArchive] Good performances against Yorkshire and Middlesex, against whom he scored 106, his highest first-class score, led to him having his blue almost secure, but commitments with the Colonial Service meant that he missed the match against Oxford University.

Later in the year he played seven County Championship matches for his native Kent, his last first-class match coming against Somerset in August. In April 1949, he played a five-day match for Nigeria against Gold Coast in Lagos. [ [http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/136/136892.html Scorecard] of Nigeria v Gold Coast, 6 April 1949 at CricketArchive] He returned to Kent to play for their second XI between 1957 and 1959 and died in Hastings in 1977.

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