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George Neville Gearry (17 December 1923 – 4 January 1990) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1953 to 1957.

George Gearry

Personal information
Full name	George Neville Gearry
Born	(1923-12-17)17 December 1923 Christchurch, New Zealand
Died	4 January 1990(1990-01-04) (aged 66) Christchurch, New Zealand
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-pace
Relations	Roy Gearry (son)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1953-54 to 1956-57	Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 14 Runs scored 337 Batting average 17.73 100s/50s 0/2 Top score 79 Balls bowled 2136 Wickets 32 Bowling average 26.00 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 6/32 Catches/stumpings 11/0
Source: Cricinfo, 4 May 2020

George Gearry served in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War II.[1] In cricket, he was an all-rounder who often opened the bowling. His highest first-class score was 79 when Canterbury beat Auckland in 1955–56; he also took 4 for 79 in the first innings.[2] His best bowling figures were 6 for 32 in Canterbury's innings victory over Wellington in 1953–54, in his second first-class match.[3]

References

External links

• George Gearry at ESPNcricinfo
• George Gearry at CricketArchive

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