Geoffrey Trueman
Australian cricketer
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Geoffrey Stanley Trueman (7 January 1926 – 28 June 1981) was an Australian cricketer.[1] He played 24 first-class matches for New South Wales between the 1951–52 and 1953–54 seasons.[2]
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Geoffrey Stanley Trueman | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 January 1926 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 June 1981 (aged 55) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1951/52–1953/54 | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 19 October 1951 NSW v Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 19 February 1954 NSW v South Australia | ||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 February 2017 | |||||||||||||||
Geoffrey Trueman was born at Sydney in New South Wales in 1926. He played as a wicket-keeper for New South Wales in the early 1950s.[3] He played a total of 24 matches for the team, scoring 135 runs and being involved in 82 dismissals. These featured 20 stumpings, 18 of which were from the bowling of Richie Benaud.[2][3] He played in two Sheffield Shield winning teams, New South Wales winning the Shield in his first and last seasons in first-class cricket. His Wisden obituary reported that he had come close to selection for the Australia national cricket team.[3]
After taking a job at a hotel at Junee, Trueman declared himself "unavailable" for the New South Wales team in late 1954 and did not play again for the State team.[4][5][6] He played Victorian Premier Cricket for South Melbourne Cricket Club later in the decade.[2] He died at Sydney in 1981 aged 55.[1]
