Albert Geddes

Albert Edward Geddes (22 August 1871 – 12 August 1935) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played nine first-class matches for Otago between 1899 and 1904.[1]

Albert Geddes
Personal information
Full name
Albert Edward Geddes
Born(1871-08-22)22 August 1871
Melbourne, Australia
Died12 August 1935(1935-08-12) (aged 63)
Dunedin, New Zealand
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1899/1900–1903/04Otago
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 9
Runs scored 266
Batting average 19.00
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 77
Balls bowled 296
Wickets 7
Bowling average 18.71
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/5
Catches/stumpings 12/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 May 2020

Life and career

Born in Melbourne, Geddes played cricket and Australian rules football in Victoria and Western Australia before moving to Dunedin in 1898. A left-handed batsman and left-arm spin bowler, he was also a respected captain in club cricket and for Otago.[2]

Geddes' highest first-class score was 77 when he captained Otago to an innings victory over Hawke's Bay in 1901-02 and added 171 for the fourth wicket with James Baker.[3] In Otago's narrow victory over Canterbury in January 1900, he was the highest scorer on either side with 41 not out in the second innings; he and Alec Downes took the score from 62 for 7 to 131 for 8, "completely altering the aspect of affairs".[4]

His best first-class bowling figures were 3 for 5 and 2 for 12 on his first-class debut against Hawke's Bay in December 1899.[5] He also took 6 for 14 for Otago against Southland in December 1898.[6] In a senior Dunedin club match in February 1905 he took nine wickets in each innings for match figures of 18 for 79.[7]

Geddes was also a rugby union player.[8] He served as president of the Southland Rugby Football Union in the 1920s.[9]

Geddes married Hettie Critchley in Dunedin in July 1903.[10] He had a jewellery shop in Port Chalmers until 1907,[11] when he moved to Winton in Southland and opened a jewellery shop there.[12] He died suddenly at his home in Dunedin in August 1935, survived by his wife and their two sons.[2][13]

References
  1. "Albert Geddes". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  2. "A Cricketer's Death". Evening Star: 13. 13 August 1935.
  3. "Otago v Hawke's Bay 1901-02". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  4. "Canterbury v Otago". Evening Star: 3. 6 January 1900.
  5. "Hawke's Bay v Otago 1899-00". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  6. "Cricket". Otago Daily Times: 3. 28 December 1898.
  7. "Cricket". Otago Daily Times: 3. 27 February 1905.
  8. "Mr. A. E. Geddes". Otago Daily Times: 9. 14 August 1935.
  9. "Sporting". Southland Times: 3. 27 July 1921.
  10. "Marriage". Evening Star: 4. 28 August 1903.
  11. "Auctions". Evening Star: 5. 5 July 1907.
  12. "Late Items". Western Star: 3. 24 November 1908.
  13. "Deaths". Evening Star: 8. 12 August 1935.
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