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Full name | Geoffrey Phelps Longfield | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 4 December 1909 High Halstow, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 25 February 1943 Rennes, Brittany, German-occupied France | (aged 33)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm (unknown style) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Tom Longfield (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 20 March 2019 |
Geoffrey Phelps Longfield (4 December 1909 – 25 February 1943) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force officer. Enlisting in the Royal Air Force in 1929, he played first-class cricket for the Royal Air Force cricket team in the early 1930s, before later serving in the Second World War with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, during which he was killed on a mission while commanding 105 Squadron.