Geoffrey MacLaren was an English cricket

Cricket

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er who played first-class cricket

First-class cricket

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 for Lancashire

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 in addition to playing three matches for Egypt

Egypt national cricket team

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. His elder brothers Archie and James also played for Lancashire, as did his uncle Alexander Rowley. Archie also played Test cricket

Test cricket

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 for England.

Biography

Born in Whalley Range

Whalley Range

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, Manchester

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 in 1883, Geoffrey MacLaren was educated at Harrow

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. He played his only two first-class matches for Lancashire during the 1902 English cricket season

1902 English cricket season

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, both under the captaincy of elder brother Archie.

He later lived in Egypt

Egypt

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 for a time, playing for Cairo against I Zingari

I Zingari

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 in March 1914, followed by three matches for the Egyptian national side against the same opposition. He died in Sussex

Sussex

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in 1966.