| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Geoffrey Clayton | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 February 1938 Mossley, England | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 September 2018 (aged 80) Delph, England | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Chimp | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959–1964 | Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1965–1967 | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 19 June 1957 Combined Services v Worcestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 8 September 1967 Somerset v Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 1 May 1963 Lancashire v Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last LA | 2 September 1967 Somerset v Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 19 May 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Geoffrey Clayton (3 February 1938 – 19 September 2018) was an English professional first-class and List A cricketer for Lancashire and Somerset between 1959 and 1967.[1] He was a lower-order batsman and a wicketkeeper.
Clayton was a regular first-team player in every season in which he played first-class cricket and he was at or near to the top of the wicketkeepers' lists for most dismissals each year. But his abrasive personality did not endear him to county committees – or to his county captain at Somerset[2] – and he left first-class cricket at the age of 29.
He died on 19 September 2018, in Delph.[3]