Geoffrey Hickinbottom

Geoffrey Alfred Hickinbottom (15 November 1932 – 2 February 2024) was an English cricketer.^[1] Hickinbottom was a right-handed batter who played as a wicket-keeper for Leicestershire in 1959. He was born at Leicester, Leicestershire.

Geoffrey Hickinbottom

Personal information
Full name	Geoffrey Alfred Hickinbottom
Born	(1932-11-15)15 November 1932 Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Died	2 February 2024(2024-02-02) (aged 91)
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1959	Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 5 Runs scored 6 Batting average 3.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 4* Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 4/3
Source: Cricinfo, 3 March 2012

Hickinbottom made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against Yorkshire in the 1959 County Championship. He made four further first-class appearances for the county in that season, the last of which came against Glamorgan.^[2] A specialist wicket-keeper, he took four catches and made three stumpings behind the stumps, while with the bat he scored six runs.^[3]

His death was announced by Leicestershire County Cricket Club on 4 March 2024.^[4]