Geoffrey Hickinbottom

{{Short description|English cricketer (1932–2024)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| country = England

| fullname = Geoffrey Alfred Hickinbottom

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|11|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Leicester, Leicestershire,
England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|2|2|1932|11|15|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| heightft =

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| role = Wicket-keeper

| family =

| club1 = Leicestershire

| year1 = 1959

| clubnumber1 =

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 5

| runs1 = 6

| bat avg1 = 3.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 4*

| deliveries1 = –

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 4/3

| date = 3 March

| year = 2012

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14777.html Cricinfo

}}

Geoffrey Alfred Hickinbottom (15 November 1932 – 2 February 2024) was an English cricketer.{{cite web |url=https://funeral-notices.co.uk/notice/hickinbottom/5174241|title=Obituary Notice of Geoffrey Alfred Hickinbottom}} Hickinbottom was a right-handed batter who played as a wicket-keeper for Leicestershire in 1959. He was born at Leicester, Leicestershire.

Hickinbottom made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against Yorkshire in the 1959 County Championship. He made four further first-class appearances for the county in that season, the last of which came against Glamorgan.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30203/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Geoffrey Hickinbottom|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=3 March 2012|url-access=subscription}} A specialist wicket-keeper, he took four catches and made three stumpings behind the stumps, while with the bat he scored six runs.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30203/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Geoffrey Hickinbottom|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=3 March 2012|url-access=subscription}}

His death was announced by Leicestershire County Cricket Club on 4 March 2024.{{Cite web| url=https://www.leicestershireccc.co.uk/news/geoff-hickinbottom-1932-2024| title=Geoffrey Hickinbottom 1932-2024}}