| Geoffrey Collins | |
| Fullname: | Geoffrey Albert Kirwan Collins |
| Birth Date: | 1909 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Hove, Sussex |
| Death Place: | Hove, Sussex |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Club1: | Sussex |
| Type1: | FC |
| Debutdate1: | 21 July |
| Debutyear1: | 1928 |
| Debutfor1: | Sussex |
| Debutagainst1: | Northants |
| Lastdate1: | 20 June |
| Lastyear1: | 1934 |
| Lastfor1: | Sussex |
| Lastagainst1: | Oxford University |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 50 |
| Runs1: | 1,140 |
| Bat Avg1: | 19.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/6 |
| Top Score1: | 90 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 17/– |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/11247.html |
| Date: | 25 March |
| Year: | 2019 |
Geoffrey Albert Kirwan Collins (16 May 1909 – 7 August 1968) was an English cricketer active from 1928 to 1934 who played for Sussex County Cricket Club between 1928 and 1934.
Collins was born at Hove in Sussex[1] and educated at Lancing College where he played in the school cricket team. In his final year at school he made four centuries, including a score of 212, and went on to make his first-class cricket debut for Sussex later in the same season.[2] As a schoolboy, Collins was described as "making all the strokes" with his only major defect being "an occasional failure in patience".[3]
He appeared in 50 first-class matches between 1928 and 1934 as a right-handed batsman, scoring 1,140 runs with a highest score of 90 runs. As well as playing for Sussex he made one first-class appearance for MCC in 1931,[4] but after 1934 his business commitments restricted him to playing club cricket.[2] As well as playing cricket, Collins also played football for Lancing Old Boys and Corinthian Casuals F.C.[2]
During World War II Collins joined the Royal Artillery from the Honourable Artillery Company. He reached the rank of Lt. Col. with 90 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment and served in the North-West Europe Campaign of 1944–45, including the Liberation of Antwerp and crossing the Rhine. He was awarded a Military Cross in 1946.[5] He died suddenly in August 1969 at Hove aged 59.[1] [2]