| 词条 | Geoffrey Webb (cricketer) |
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LifeWebb was born in Kent, at Sittingbourne or Newington, Swale, and was educated at Wellington College.[1][2][3] He joined the Royal Navy in 1914, and served during World War I, being present during the battle of Jutland, and reaching the rank of lieutenant in September 1918.[2][4] Appearing first for a Royal Navy eleven, Webb played in five first-class matches. He was a lefthanded batsman who kept wicket. He scored 123 runs with a highest score of 57 and completed one catch with five stumpings.[1][3] Webb remained in the navy until 1923 and the Geddes Axe. He then worked as a schoolmaster, teaching cricket. He was a colonial education officer in Nigeria. There he became an authority on the Hausa language and customs, and wrote a book and examination text, Al'adun Hausawa (1932) with Frank William Taylor (born 1887), in charge of education at Yola, Adamawa.[2][5][6][7] During World War II, Webb was again a Royal Navy officer, becoming lieutenant-commander. He was involved as Secretary in Leicestershire County Cricket Club, and administratively in King George's Fund for Sailors. He painted in East Anglia, and exhibited.[2] Personal lifeWebb married Audrey Haggard, a niece of Rider Haggard, but she died in Nigeria in the early 1930s. He married Iris Thompson in 1935.[8] Webb died in Oakham.[1] Works
Notes1. ^1 2 3 [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33692/33692.html Geoffrey Webb at CricketArchive] {{DEFAULTSORT:Webb, Geoffrey}}{{england-cricket-bio-1890s-stub}}2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book|author=David Buckman|title=Artists in Britain since 1945: M to Z|page=1666|year=2006|publisher=Art Dictionaries Limited|isbn=978-0-9532609-5-9}} 3. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Bailey|first1=Philip|last2=Thorn|first2=Philip|last3=Wynne-Thomas|first3=Peter|title=Who's Who of Cricketers|year=1984|page=1076|publisher=Newnes Books|isbn=0600346927}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/navylistmay1920grea#page/288/mode/1up/search|title=The Navy List|date=May 1920|work=Internet Archive|publisher=HMSO|page=387b|accessdate=27 September 2018|location=London}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030018965|title=Private Papers of Lieutenant Commander A G G Webb OBE RN, Imperial War Museums|accessdate=27 September 2018}} 6. ^{{cite book|title=Littérature peule|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fmXujGtwLRMC&pg=PA10|date=2005-07-01|publisher=KARTHALA Editions|isbn=9782811139810|page=10}} 7. ^{{cite book|last1=Furniss|first1=Graham|last2=Jaggar|first2=Philip J.|title=Studies in Hausa: Language and Linguistics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UA_ICQAAQBAJ&pg=PT27|accessdate=28 September 2018|date=2015-06-03|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781317406150|page=27}} 8. ^{{cite web |last1=Webb |first1=Geoffrey |title=The Cricket Journal of Geoffrey Webb |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/PrintMaterial/Geoffrey_Webb_Journal/index.html#/4/ |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=13 December 2018}} 6 : 1896 births|1981 deaths|English cricketers|Leicestershire cricketers|Royal Navy cricketers|People from Sittingbourne |
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