Geoff Holmes
Ryan Burl
Tendai Chatara
Craig Ervine
Innocent Kaia
Clive Madande
Wessly Madhevere
Wellington Masakadza
Richard Ngarava
Sikandar Raza
Sean Williams
Alphabetically sorted top ten of players who have played the most matches across formats in the last 12 months
Full Name
Geoffrey Clarke Holmes
Born
September 16, 1958, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland
Died
March 23, 2009, Cardiff, Glamorgan, (aged 50y 188d)
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium
RELATIONS
(son)
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.
Cricinfo staff
Geoff Holmes Career Stats
Batting & Fielding
Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100s | 50s | Ct | St |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FC | 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
Format | Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FC | 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 |
Recent Matches of Geoff Holmes
Match | Bat | Bowl | Date | Ground | Format |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Glamorgan vs Yorkshire | 35* | -- | 07-May-1991 | Cardiff | List A |
Glamorgan vs Notts | 22 | -- | 04-May-1991 | Cardiff | List A |
Glamorgan vs Hampshire | 1 | -- | 02-May-1991 | Southampton | List A |
Glamorgan vs Minor C | 34 | -- | 23-Apr-1991 | Trowbridge | List A |
Glamorgan vs WORCS | 19 | 0/7 | 30-May-1990 | Worcester | List A |