Geoff Ellis
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Llandudno, Caernarfonshire, Wales
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| Full name | Geoffrey Phillip Ellis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 May 1950 Llandudno, Caernarfonshire, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1988–1989 | Wales Minor Counties | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970–1976 | Glamorgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Geoffrey Phillip Ellis (born 24 May 1950) is a former Welsh cricketer. Ellis was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Llandudno, Caernarfonshire.[1]
Ellis made his first-class debut for Glamorgan against Oxford University in 1970. He made eight first-class appearances for the county in that season,[2] scoring 318 runs at an average of 26.50, with a high score of 55. This score was one of two half centuries he made in his debut season.[3] He also made his List A debut in the 1970 John Player League against Nottinghamshire, with him making three further appearances in that season's competition,[4] In 1971, he made just a single first-class appearance against Lancashire in the County Championship.[2] In the following season, Ellis made six appearances for Glamorgan,[2] scoring 223 runs at an average of 20.27, with a high score of 54.[3] As was the case in 1971, he did not feature in any List A matches during the season.[4] In 1973, Ellis made eleven first-class appearances,[2] scoring 322 runs at an average of 18.94, with a high score of 64, which was his only score of above fifty that season.[3] He made his first List A appearance since his debut season in 1970, playing one match each against Minor Counties South in the Benson & Hedges Cup and Gloucestershire in the Gillette Cup, as well as making five List A appearances in the John Player League.[4] He scored a total of 128 runs in his seven List A appearances in 1973, which came at an average of 21.33, with a high score of 47 not out.[5]
In 1974, Ellis made ten first-class appearances,[2] scoring 356 runs at an average of 22.25,[3] in the process recording his maiden, and what would be his only, first-class century, with a score of 116 against Middlesex at Sophia Gardens.[6] He also made fifteen List A appearances in 1974, spread across the Benson & Hedges Cup, Gillette Cup and John Player League,[2] scoring 107 runs at a low average of 11.88,[5] with nearly half of his List A runs in that season coming against Worcestershire in the John Player League,[7] which was also his maiden half century in that format. He also had his first season of note with the ball, with Ellis seeing some success in one-day cricket, with 14 wickets at a bowling average of 29.00, with best figures of 3/22.[8] In 1975, Ellis made his most first-class appearances in a season for Glamorgan up to that point, with eighteen.[2] In these, he scored a total of 624 runs at an average of 18.90, with a high score of 63, one of only two times he passed fifty in first-class cricket in that season.[3] His part-time medium pace bowling was also further utilised in this season, with him taking 15 wickets in first-class cricket at an average of 46.80, with best figures of 46.80.[9] This was to be his most successful season with the ball, eclipsing the four wickets he took in 1974. In List A cricket, he made seventeen appearances in 1975,[4] scoring 337 runs at an average of 30.63, with a high score of 66, which was one of three half centuries he made in that format in that season.[5] He also saw success with the ball in one-day cricket in 1975, taking 18 wickets at an average of 33.38, with best figures of 3/16.[8] 1976 was to be Ellis' final season playing first-class and List A cricket for Glamorgan. He played twenty first-class matches in that season, with his final appearance coming against Kent in the 1976 County Championship.[2] He scored 770 runs, his most in any given season, which came at an average of 20.26, with a high score of 74, one of four half centuries he made in that season.[3] He also made nineteen List A appearances in that season, the last of which came against Somerset in the John Player League,[4] with him scoring 487 runs at an average of 27.05, with a high score of 97 not out.[5] This score was one of four half centuries he made in that season, with his unbeaten score of 97 against Yorkshire his highest score in that format.[10]
In total, Ellis made 75 first-class appearances, scoring 2,673 runs at an average of 20.72.[11] With the ball, he took 24 wickets at an average of 59.08, with best figures of 2/20.[12] In List A cricket, he made a total of 62 appearances, scoring 1,086 runs at an average of 23.10.[13] With the ball, he took 40 wickets at an average of 30.35, with best figures of 3/16.[14]