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Full name Geoffrey Graham Arnold
Born September 3, 1944, Earlsfield, Surrey
Current age 63 years 257 days
Major teams England,Orange Free State,Surrey,Sussex
Also known as Horse
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Other Coach
Height
6 ft 1 in
Education Elliott Comprehensive, Putney Heath
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
34
46
11
421
59
12.02
0
1
50
2
9
0
ODIs
14
6
3
48
18*
16.00
75
64.00
0
0
4
0
2
0
First-class
365
379
90
3952
73
13.67
0
7
122
0
List A
248
129
48
687
24*
8.48
0
0
53
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
34
61
7650
3254
115
6/45
9/91
28.29
2.55
66.5
3
6
0
ODIs
14
13
714
339
19
4/27
4/27
17.84
2.84
37.5
1
0
0
First-class
365
61028
24761
1130
8/41
21.91
2.43
54.0
46
3
List A
248
12460
6458
332
5/9
5/9
19.45
3.10
37.5
11
4
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v Pakistan at Nottingham, Aug 10-15, 1967 scorecard
Last Test
England v Australia at Birmingham, Jul 10-14, 1975 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v Australia at Manchester, Aug 24, 1972 scorecard
Last ODI
England v Australia at Leeds, Jun 18, 1975 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1963 - 1982
List A span
1963 - 1989
Profile
Universally known as "Horse" because his initials were GG (Surrey's postwar teams seldom looked further than the obvious for a nickname), Geoff Arnold was a master in suitable conditions for seam bowling. A strongly built six-footer, his outswing moved late, often bounced high, and he could cut the ball in either direction off the seam. He had a sharp wit on and off the field; but this lugubrious mien was philosophical about his worst misfortunes, as when, in the Old Trafford Test against Australia in 1972, he had Keith Stackpole (twice) and Bruce Francis dropped in the slips off three successive balls. After retiring he has served a number of counties - and, occasionally, England - as a bowling coach. John Thicknesse
