Geoffrey Foster

Geoffrey Norman Foster (16 October 1884 – 11 August 1971) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Worcestershire and Kent County Cricket Clubs, as well as appearing a number of times for Oxford University and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). He was one of the seven Foster brothers, all of whom played first-class cricket for Worcestershire, and he led the county on a few occasions in the absence of the regular captain. He was a fast scorer, once making 101 in an hour for Oxford against Gentlemen of England.

Early life Foster was born at Malvern in Worcestershire in 1884, the fifth son of the Reverend Henry Foster and his wife Sophia. He, like all his brothers, was educated at Malvern College, where he was in the cricket eleven from 1902 and 1904. He made his first-class debut for Worcestershire against Leicestershire at New Road in August 1903, but made a duck in his only innings. He played a handful more matches in that and the following season, but his only achievement of note was an innings of 81 against Somerset in August 1905.

Cricket He went up to Worcester College, Oxford, in 1904 and was awarded a cricket Blue every year between 1905 and 1908. In 1905 he took the first of his few wickets, that of Gentlemen of England's Maynard Ashcroft. A fine all-round sportsman, Foster was also a Blue at golf and racquets, as well as captaining the university's association football team in 1908. His stand of 195 with John Cuffe in that match was at the time a county record for the sixth wicket.

Foster died in Westminster, London at the age of 86.