Geoffrey Bevington Legge (26 January 1903, Bromley

Bromley

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, Kent

Kent

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 – 21 November 1940, Brampford Speke

Brampford Speke

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, Devon

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) was an English

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 cricket

Cricket

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er who played in 5 Tests

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 from 1927 to 1930. He died in flying accident while serving in the Fleet Air Arm

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.

After excelling at Malvern

Malvern College

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, where he was captain, Legge gained his blue for Oxford

Oxford University Cricket Club

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 in 1925 and captained the University the following year.

He was awarded the captaincy of Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

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 in 1928 and led the county to second place in the County Championship

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 behind Lancashire

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.

He toured South Africa in 1927 and New Zealand and Australia with MCC in 1929. He made 196 against New Zealand at Auckland and, although his Test career

Test cricket

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 was brief, his batting average remains outstanding.

A fine slip fielder and occasional leg spinner, he played little after resigning the Kent captaincy in 1930 to pursue interests outside the game.

External links

• A profile of Geoffrey Legge. www.cricketarchive.com.
• Teams Geoffrey Legge played for. www.cricketarchive.com.