Jack van Geloven
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Jack van Geloven was an English
first-class cricket
er, who played three matches for Yorkshire
in 1955, and but then joined Leicestershire
on special registration for the 1956 season. He was a regular in the Leicestershire side for ten seasons and won his county cap in 1959.
He was born in Guiseley
, Leeds
, Yorkshire
, England
, where his name was registered as Jack Geloven.
, and van Geloven's consistency made him more valuable than his figures might appear. He completed 1,000 runs in a season three times, with a best of 1,324 runs in 1959. But his best season overall was 1962, when he scored 1,055 runs and took exactly 100 wickets for his first, and only double
. He completed the feat by taking the tenth wicket in the second innings of the last match of the season. He was the most recent Leicestershire player to achieve this feat.
in Minor Counties cricket until 1973, and, from 1977 to 1983, he served as a first-class umpire
.
Van Geloven died in August 2003, in Edinburgh
, Scotland
.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
er, who played three matches for Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
in 1955, and but then joined Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
on special registration for the 1956 season. He was a regular in the Leicestershire side for ten seasons and won his county cap in 1959.
He was born in Guiseley
Guiseley
Guiseley is a small town in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. Situated south of Otley and Menston, it is a suburb of north west Leeds. At the 2001 census, Guiseley together with Rawdon had a population of over 21,000. The A65, which passes through the town, is the...
, Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, where his name was registered as Jack Geloven.
Career
A solid right-handed middle-order batsman and canny medium-paced bowler, van Geloven played 247 first-class matches, scoring 7,522 runs at 19.43, taking 486 wickets at 28.62 with the ball and holding 137 catches. Throughout his time with Leicestershire, the side was among the weakest in the County ChampionshipCounty Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
, and van Geloven's consistency made him more valuable than his figures might appear. He completed 1,000 runs in a season three times, with a best of 1,324 runs in 1959. But his best season overall was 1962, when he scored 1,055 runs and took exactly 100 wickets for his first, and only double
Double (cricket)
A cricketer is said to achieve the double if he scores a thousand or more runs and also takes a hundred or more wickets in first-class matches during the course of a single season. The feat is extremely rare outside England because of the smaller number of first-class matches played in most other...
. He completed the feat by taking the tenth wicket in the second innings of the last match of the season. He was the most recent Leicestershire player to achieve this feat.
Later years
After 1962, van Geloven's batting declined, and he left first-class cricket after the 1965 season. He then played for NorthumberlandNorthumberland County Cricket Club
Northumberland County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northumberland and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
in Minor Counties cricket until 1973, and, from 1977 to 1983, he served as a first-class umpire
Umpire (cricket)
In cricket, an umpire is a person who has the authority to make judgements on the cricket field, according to the Laws of Cricket...
.
Van Geloven died in August 2003, in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
.