Thomas Francis Clive Geary (6 May 1922 – 24 July 2004) was a New Zealand

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er. He played one first-class match for

Otago Otago (, ; mi, Ōtākou ) is a region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island administered by the Otago Regional Council. It has an area of approximately , making it the country's second largest local government reg ...

during the 1940–41 season.Clive Geary
CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2024. Geary was born at

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in 1922 and was educated at

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in the city. He worked as a teacher. As well as cricket, Geary played

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for Otago. In later life he was a selector for the Otago cricket team. Following his death in 2004 an obituary was published in the ''New Zealand Cricket Almanack''.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 55. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.

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* 1922 births 2004 deaths New Zealand cricketers Otago cricketers Cricketers from Dunedin New Zealand rugby union players Otago rugby union players {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1920s-stub