Geff Noblet

Geffery Noblet OAM (14 September 1916 – 16 August 2006)[1] was an Australian cricketer who played in three Test matches from 1950 to 1953.

Geff Noblet
Noblet in 1952
Personal information
Full name
Geffery Noblet
Born(1916-09-14)14 September 1916
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died16 August 2006(2006-08-16) (aged 89)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 184)3 March 1950 v South Africa
Last Test6 February 1953 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1945/46–1952/53South Australia
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 3 71
Runs scored 22 975
Batting average 7.33 13.92
100s/50s 0/0 0/2
Top score 13* 55*
Balls bowled 774 18,365
Wickets 7 282
Bowling average 26.14 19.26
5 wickets in innings 0 13
10 wickets in match 0 2
Best bowling 3/21 7/29
Catches/stumpings 1/– 44/–
Source: Cricinfo, 14 October 2022

Noblet was a fast-medium bowler who played first-class cricket for South Australia from 1945 to 1953. His bowling performance in the 1948–49 Australian domestic season was the best by a South Australian bowler in 38 seasons. He took 38 wickets at 15.4, the best for any South Australian taking ten wickets or more in a season since Robert Rees took 10/129 in 1909–10.[2]

Following Noblet's selection in the Australian team to tour South Africa in 1949–50, the South Australian Cricket Association presented Noblet and fellow South Australian Gil Langley with a gift of their own choosing. Noblet asked for a set of coffee tables and Langley a combination of a standard electric lamp, coffee tray and ashtray.[3]

Noblet got his unusual first name when a family friend, given the task of registering the birth, spelt Noblet's first name as Geffery rather than Jeffery. Noblet himself was not aware of the legal spelling of his name until adulthood when he saw his birth certificate.[4]

Noblet was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1995 for service to cricket.[5]

During World War Two Noblet served in the transport division of the Australian Army.[6]

References
  1. Former Test bowler Geff Noblet dies aged 89
  2. Kneebone, H. "Noblet, 'Best For 38 Years'", The Advertiser (Adelaide), 2 September 1949, p. 5
  3. The Advertiser (Adelaide), "Farewell to Langley and Noblet", 6 September 1949, p, 10
  4. The Advertiser (Adelaide), "Geff Not Jeff", 2 September 1949, p. 8
  5. "Geffery Noblet". Australian Honours Search Facility, Dept of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  6. "DVA's Nominal Rolls".
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