Remembering Geoff Cole with tales of runs, wickets, great nights… and Ted Heath

Players and officials of Littlehampton, Clapham and Patching Cricket Club are mourning the death of Geoff Cole, who played for them for 40 years. Here, Tim Peters pays tribute...
By Tim Peters
Published 29th Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
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The bland figures on Play Cricket are incomplete as so many games going back in time are not recorded. Geoff’s recorded statistics, though, are outstanding – 723 games for Littlehampton, Clapham and Patching; 35,237 runs at an average of 53.4 with 115 centuries, and 540 wickets at 14.83 and 335 catches.

When Geoff first joined Clapham in 1983, he was a serious athlete. He was in the top five squash players in Sussex for a number of years and was a paid pro in the Surrey and Essex leagues as well as playing for the West Worthing Club.

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