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| Full name | Daniel Dioneys Geere | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1814 Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1868 (aged 53–54) Lewes district, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1840 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 December 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Daniel Dioneys Geere (1814 – 1868) was an English cricketer. Geere's batting style is unknown. He was born at Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire.
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a 20-metre (22-yard) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at the wicket with the bat, while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this and dismiss each player. Means of dismissal include being bowled, when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails, and by the fielding side catching the ball after it is hit by the bat, but before it hits the ground. When ten players have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match referee in international matches. They communicate with two off-field scorers who record the match's statistical information.
In cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the ball with a bat to score runs or prevent the loss of one's wicket. Any player who is currently batting is denoted as a batsman, regardless of whether batting is their particular area of expertise. Batsmen have to adapt to various conditions when playing on different cricket pitches, especially in different countries - therefore, as well as having outstanding physical batting skills, top-level batsmen will have lightning reflexes, excellent decision-making and be good strategists.
Stoke Poges is a green-buffered scattered village and civil parish in the South Bucks district of Buckinghamshire, England. It is centred 2.7 miles (4.3 km) north-north-east of Slough, its post town, and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Farnham Common.
Geere made two first-class appearances for Sussex in 1840, both against Nottinghamshire. [1] In the first match at the Royal New Ground, Brighton, Geere was dismissed for 2 runs in Sussex's innings of 225 by Thomas Barker. Nottinghamshire were dismissed for 104 in response and were forced to follow-on, making just 62 in their second-innings to give Sussex an innings and 59 run victory. [2] In the return match at Trent Bridge, Sussex made 115 in their first-innings, with Geere being dismissed for a duck by Barker. Nottinghamshire made 85 in their first-innings, while Sussex could only manage to make 73 in their second-innings, with Geere ending the innings not out on 3. Nottinghamshire's target in their second-innings was 104, but they could only make 89 to hand Sussex a 14 run victory. [3]
First-class cricket is an official classification of the highest-standard international or domestic matches in the sport of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adjudged to be worthy of the status by virtue of the standard of the competing teams. Matches must allow for the teams to play two innings each although, in practice, a team might play only one innings or none at all.
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Sussex. Its limited overs team is called the Sussex Sharks. The club was founded in 1839 as a successor to the various Sussex county cricket teams, including the old Brighton Cricket Club, which had been representative of the county of Sussex as a whole since the 1720s. The club has always held first-class status. Sussex have competed in the County Championship since the official start of the competition in 1890 and have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England.
The Royal New Ground, also known as "Box's Ground", in Brighton, Sussex was a venue for first-class cricket matches from 1814 to 1847. Originally called "Brown's Ground" in the 18th century, it was located where Park Crescent, Brighton now stands.
His death was registered at Lewes in Sussex in the third quarter of 1868, with stated age being 53. His second name is spelled as "Diones" on the certificate.
