Geoff Holmes
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Geoffrey Clarke Holmes was a Welsh
cricket
er and a director of the Cricket Board of Wales
. He was Glamorgan
's player of the year in 1988.
Holmes joined Glamorgan after serving on the MCC
groundstaff and made his first appearance for the county in 1978. He made runs consistently between 1984 and 1988, passing 1,000 runs four times and 900 twice. He hit two of his eleven career hundreds against Somerset
in the same match in 1988. He played one season with Border
in South Africa and proved highly successful, making 563 runs at 67.55, including his best score of 182.
In his 209 first-class matches, Holmes compiled 8092 runs at a steady pace at 28.49 and took 88 wickets with his right arm medium pacers. He was perhaps at his best in one day cricket, with his excellent ground fielding adding to his 3643 runs at 25.47 and 136 wickets at 25.68, including a remarkable spell of 5 for 2 in the Sunday League against Derbyshire
in 1984.
A back injury forced him into retirement in 1991 after his benefit, after which he worked for a building society in South Wales and coached young cricketers for his local club in Cardiff. He became a Cricket Board of Wales director in 2005. He died on 23 March 2009.
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er and a director of the Cricket Board of Wales
Cricket Board of Wales
The Cricket Board of Wales is the national governing body of cricket in Wales. It is an umbrella partnership body comprising the Welsh Cricket Association, Glamorgan Cricket, Wales Minor Counties, the Welsh Schools Cricket Association and Sport Wales...
. He was Glamorgan
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
's player of the year in 1988.
Holmes joined Glamorgan after serving on the MCC
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
groundstaff and made his first appearance for the county in 1978. He made runs consistently between 1984 and 1988, passing 1,000 runs four times and 900 twice. He hit two of his eleven career hundreds against Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
in the same match in 1988. He played one season with Border
Border cricket team
Border cricket team is the team representing the Border province in domestic first-class cricket in South Africa. The team began playing in March 1898....
in South Africa and proved highly successful, making 563 runs at 67.55, including his best score of 182.
In his 209 first-class matches, Holmes compiled 8092 runs at a steady pace at 28.49 and took 88 wickets with his right arm medium pacers. He was perhaps at his best in one day cricket, with his excellent ground fielding adding to his 3643 runs at 25.47 and 136 wickets at 25.68, including a remarkable spell of 5 for 2 in the Sunday League against Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
in 1984.
A back injury forced him into retirement in 1991 after his benefit, after which he worked for a building society in South Wales and coached young cricketers for his local club in Cardiff. He became a Cricket Board of Wales director in 2005. He died on 23 March 2009.