Geoffrey Dean Hodgson (born 22 October 1966) is a former English

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. Hodgson played as a right-handed opening batsman. He was born in

Carlisle Carlisle ( , ; from xcb, Caer Luel) is a city that lies within the Northern England, Northern English county of Cumbria, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, Scottish border at the confluence of the rivers River Eden, Cumbria, Eden, River C ...

Cumberland Cumberland ( ) is a historic county in the far North West England. It covers part of the Lake District as well as the north Pennines and Solway Firth coast. Cumberland had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974. From 19 ...

and played Minor Counties cricket for Cumberland County Cricket Club between 1984 and 1989, initially whilst studying human biology at

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when L ...

.Collis J (1992
Cricket: Man in the middle: The dogged opener who retrieved his bat from the bin
'' The Independent'', 19 July 1992. Retrieved 15 March 2020.Dean Hodgson
CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 December 2011. Whilst a student, Hodgson played for Lancashire Second XI before joining Warwickshire for two seasons between 1987 and 1988. He made a single senior appearance for the county in 1987 before joining Gloucestershire in 1989. After initially playing mainly in the second XI, Hodgson came close to retiring as a professional before being called in to the first XI due to other players not being available and scoring well. He played in over 100 first-class cricket matches for Gloucestershire in a career which lasted until the end of the 1995 season.Dean Hodgson

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. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

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