Geoffrey MacLaren
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| Born |
28 February 1883 Whalley Range, Manchester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
14 September 1966 (aged 83) Bexhill, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1902 | Lancashire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 11 August 1902 Lancashire v Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 14 August 1902 Lancashire v Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 20 April 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Geoffrey MacLaren (28 February 1883–14 September 1966) was an English cricketer[1] who played first-class cricket for Lancashire[2] in addition to playing three matches for Egypt.[3] His elder brothers Archie and James also played for Lancashire,[4][5] as did his uncle Alexander Rowley.[6] Archie also played Test cricket for England.[4]
Biography
Born in Whalley Range, Manchester in 1883,[2] Geoffrey MacLaren was educated at Harrow.[7] He played his only two first-class matches for Lancashire during the 1902 English cricket season,[8] both under the captaincy of elder brother Archie.[7]
He later lived in Egypt for a time, playing for Cairo against I Zingari in March 1914, followed by three matches for the Egyptian national side against the same opposition.[3] He died in Sussex in 1966.[2]
References
- ↑ Cricinfo profile
- 1 2 3 CricketArchive profile
- 1 2 Other matches played by Geoffrey MacLaren at CricketArchive
- 1 2 Archie MacLaren at CricketArchive
- ↑ James MacLaren at CricketArchive
- ↑ Alexander Rowley at CricketArchive
- 1 2 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1967, Obituaries
- ↑ First-class matches played by Geoffrey MacLaren at CricketArchive