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Geoff Holmes      

Full name Geoffrey Clarke Holmes

Born September 16, 1958, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland

Died March 23, 2009, Cardiff, Glamorgan (aged 50 years 188 days)

Major teams Border, Glamorgan

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
First-class 209 335 51 8092 182 28.49 11 37 85 0
List A 189 173 30 3643 73 25.47 0 19 55 0
Bowling averages
Mat Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
First-class 209 3963 88 5/38 45.03 2 0
List A 189 4292 3493 136 5/2 5/2 25.68 4.88 31.5 2 4 0
Career statistics
First-class span 1978 - 1991
List A span 1979 - 1991
Profile

Geoff Holmes was a middle-order batsman and medium-pace seamer, Holmes joined Glamorgan after a spell on the MCC groundstaff, making his debut at the end of 1978. Although he was not an overtly attacking batsman, his ability to accumulate allied to his good fielding made him a reliable one-day player.

Between 1984 and 1988 he passed 1000 runs in a season four times and scored 999 and 922 in the other two. In 1988 he hit four of his 11 career hundreds, including two in the same match against Somerset, and was named as the county's player of the year. At the tailend of his career he had one season with Border in South Africa, scoring 563 runs at 67.55, including a career best 182.

With the ball his best summer was 1985 when he took 27 wickets in both first-class and one-day cricket. The previous year he took 5 for 2 against Derbyshire at Ebbw Vale in the Sunday League, and on the same ground two years later took a hat-trick against Nottinghamshire.

He earned more than £60,000 from his benefit in 1991 but was forced to retire at the end of the season because of a persistent back injury. He retained his links with the county and the game, and in 2005 became a Cricket Board of Wales director.
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Aug 29, 1997

Glamorgan team, 1981. Back Row (l to r) - Geoff Holmes, Arthur Francis, Alan Lewis Jones, Allan Jones, Rodney Ontong, Ezra Moseley, Robin Hobbs        Front Row - Barry Lloyd, Kevin Lyons, Eifion Jones, Malcolm Nash (capt), Alan Jones, John Hopkins, Mike Llewellyn.

Glamorgan 1981

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