Geoff Ward (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Geoffrey Ward

| country = England

| fullname = Geoffrey Hubert Ward

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|11|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sittingbourne, Kent

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|4|20|1926|11|22|df=yes}}

| death_place = Bearsted, Kent

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| heightm =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| role = Wicket-keeper

| family =

| 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,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5349/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Geoff Ward|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 October 2011}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5349/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Geoff Ward|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 October 2011}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19480.html|title=Essex v Combined Services, 1950|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 October 2011}}

He died at Bearsted, Kent on 20 April 2008.