Full name Geoffrey Hubert Ward 1949 Kent 1950 Essex | Role Wicket-keeper Batting style Right-handed Name Geoff Ward | |
Born 22 November 1926 ( 1926-11-22 ) Sittingbourne, Kent, England Died 20 April 2008(2008-04-20) (aged 81)
Bearsted, Kent, England | ||
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.