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Geoff Anderson (cricketer)

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Geoff Anderson
Personal information
Full name
Robert Geoffrey Anderson
Born(1939-03-29)29 March 1939
Dunedin, New Zealand
Died3 May 2020(2020-05-03) (aged 81)
Christchurch, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1961/62–1964/65Otago
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 16
Runs scored 307
Batting average 13.34
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 48
Balls bowled 2,593
Wickets 43
Bowling average 26.58
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/29
Catches/stumpings 6/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 January 2021

Robert Geoffrey Anderson (29 March 1939 – 3 May 2020) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 16 first-class matches for Otago between 1961 and 1965.[1][2]

Career

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A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Anderson was a regular member of the Otago team for three seasons, usually opening the bowling with Frank Cameron. He took three wickets in an innings several times, with best figures of 3 for 29 in his last match, against Canterbury in 1964–65.[3]

He was also a useful tail-end batsman, who made his highest first-class score in 1961/62 when, batting at number 10, he top-scored for Otago with 48 against Central Districts in the 1961-62 Plunket Shield.[4]

Personal life

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Anderson was educated at Otago Boys' High School between 1953 and 1955 and was Otago snooker champion in 1961.[5][6] He died at Christchurch Hospital on 3 May 2020.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Geoff Anderson". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Geoff Anderson". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Otago v Canterbury 1964-65". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Otago v Central Districts 1961-62". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  5. ^ Rodgers, Melissa (10 April 2020). "Memorium". Otago Boys' High School. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  6. ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 11. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2
  7. ^ "Geoff Anderson death notice". The Press. 9 May 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2021.