love of cricket and had a collection of nearly 600 books on the sport. During the war he and Test cricketer Charlie Kelleway organised games on makeshift pitches. His post-war career was hampered by his wounded wrist but he played six years of first-grade cricket for the Melbourne Cricket Club, bowling leg spin. Other Test cricketers he played alongside included Warwick Armstrong, Bill Ponsford, Bill Woodfull and Jack Ryder, sometimes in charity matches. References Further reading 1894 births 1940 deaths United Australia Party members of the Parliament of Australia Members of the Cabinet of Australia Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Corangamite Members of the Australian House of Representatives Recipients of the Military Cross Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Australia Accidental deaths in the Australian Capital Territory Defence ministers of Australia 20th-century Australian politicians Geoffrey Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1940 Australian military personnel of World War I