Geff Noblet, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Geff Noblet

Australian cricketer

Date of Birth: 14-Sep-1916

Date of Death: 16-Aug-2006

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Geff Noblet

  • Geffery Noblet (14 September 1916 in Parkside, South Australia – 16 August 2006 in Adelaide, South Australia) was an Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1950 to 1953. Noblet's bowling performance in the 1948/49 Australian domestic season was the best by a South Australian bowler in 38 seasons.
  • Noblet took 38 wickets at 15.4, the best for any South Australian taking ten wickets or more in a season since Robert Rees took 10/129 in 1909/10.Following Noblet's selection in the Australian team to tour South Africa in 1949/50, the South Australian Cricket Association presented Noblet and fellow South Australian Gil Langley with a gift of their own choosing.
  • Noblet asked for a set of coffee tables and Langley a combination of a standard electric lamp, coffee tray and ashtray.Noblet got his unusual first name when a family friend, given the task of registering the birth, spelt Noblet's first name as Geffery rather than Jeffery.
  • Noblet himself was not aware of the legal spelling of his name until adulthood when he saw his birth certificate.

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