Frederic Geeson (23 August 1862 – 2 May 1920) was an English cricketer active from 1892 to 1913 who played for

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...

. He was born in Redmile and died in

Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demo ...

. He appeared in 151 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm medium pace and

leg spin Leg spin is a type of spin bowling in cricket. A leg spinner bowls right-arm with a wrist spin action. The leg spinner's normal delivery causes the ball to spin from right to left (from the bowler's perspective) when the ball bounces on the ...

. He scored 3,694 runs with a highest score of 104 * and took 472

wicket In cricket, the term wicket has several meanings: * It is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch. The fielding team's players can hit the wicket with the ball in a number of ways to get a batsman out. ...

s with a best performance of eight for 110.Frederic Geeson at CricketArchive
/ref>

Notes

1862 births 1920 deaths English cricketers Leicestershire cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Lincolnshire cricketers British expatriates in South Africa {{england-cricket-bio-1860s-stub