Geoffrey Mains

{{Short description|English cricketer (1934–2021)}}

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

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

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| country = England

| fullname = Geoffrey Mains

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|1|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Mangotsfield, Gloucestershire, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|4|16|1934|1|24|df=yes}}

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| heightm =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Gloucestershire

| year1 = 1951–1954

| clubnumber1 =

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 6

| runs1 = 19

| bat avg1 = 2.11

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 8

| deliveries1 = 612

| wickets1 = 6

| bowl avg1 = 50.83

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 2/42

| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–

| date = 8 July

| year = 2012

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/17279.html Cricinfo

}}

Geoffrey Mains (24 January 1934 – 16 April 2021) was an English cricketer.{{cite web|url=https://www.gloscricket.co.uk/news/geoff-mains-rip/ |title=Geoff Mains RIP |work=Gloucestershire County Cricket Club |access-date=21 April 2021}} Mains was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Mangotsfield, Gloucestershire.

Mains made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire against the touring South Africans in 1951 at Ashley Down Ground, Bristol. He made five further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Oxford University in 1954 at Ashley Down Ground.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31169/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Geoffrey Mains|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=8 July 2012}} In his six first-class matches, took 6 wickets at an average of 50.83, with best figures of 2/42.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31169/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Geoffrey Mains|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=8 July 2012}} With the bat, he scored 19 runs at an average of 2.11, with a high score of 8.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31169/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Geoffrey Mains|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=8 July 2012}}