Godfrey Firbank

Lieutenant-Colonel Godfrey Christopher Firbank MC (19 June 1895 – 8 July 1947) was an English cricketer. A left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he played first-class cricket for the Army and for the Combined Services in addition to international matches for Egypt.

Born in Somerset in 1895, He also played for the Household Brigade team against Eton College the same month.

After playing for I Zingari against the Royal Engineers in July 1925 he went on a tour of Egypt in April 1925 with the Free Foresters, playing two matches against the Egyptian national side. Back in England, he played for the Army against the Royal Navy at Lord's that summer, his last first-class match.

He later returned to Egypt, this time playing for the national side in three matches against HM Martineau's XI between 1929 and 1930. He died in Hampshire in 1947, aged 52.