Geoffrey Bozman

Geoffrey Stephen Bozman CIE CSI (26 November 1896 — 23 February 1973) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the Indian Civil Service.

Geoffrey Bozman

Personal information
Full name	Geoffrey Stephen Bozman
Born	26 November 1896 Wandsworth, Surrey, England
Died	23 February 1973(1973-02-23) (aged 76) Bromley, Kent, England
Batting	Unknown
Bowling	Unknown
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1925/26	Europeans
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 24 Batting average 12.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 20 Balls bowled 24 Wickets 0 Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 November 2022

The son of Samuel Bozman, he was born in November 1896 at Wandsworth. He was educated at Whitgift School, before matriculating to Brasenose College, Oxford.^[1] Bozman served in the First World War, being commissioned into the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) as a second lieutenant in October 1915,^[2] before being transferred to the Royal Flying Corps as a flying officer in August 1916.^[3] He was made a temporary lieutenant in March 1917,^[4] before gaining the rank in full in July 1917.^[5] Following the war, he was transferred to the unemployed list in January 1919,^[6] and resigned his commission in August of the same year, retaining the rank of lieutenant.^[7] Bozman joined the Indian Civil Service based in Madras in 1922, becoming an officer in the Department of Education, Health and Lands and eventually rose to the rank of secretary of the department.^[8] He was made a Companion to the Order of the Indian Empire in the 1938 Birthday Honours,^[9] and was later made a Companion of the Order of the Star of India in the 1946 New Year Honours.^[10] While in British India, Bozman played first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Indians at Madras in the Madras Presidency Match of January 1926.^[11] Opening the batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 20 runs in the Europeans first innings by B. Bhaskar Rao, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 4 runs by C. R. Ganapathy.^[12] Bozman retired to England, where he died at Bromley in February 1973.

References

1. Riddick, John F. (1998). Who was who in British India. Greenwood Press. p. 42. ISBN 9780313292323.
2. "No. 29312". The London Gazette. 1 October 1915. p. 9657.
3. "No. 29768". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 September 1916. p. 9463.
4. "No. 30005". The London Gazette. 30 March 1917. p. 3116.
5. "No. 30405". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 November 1917. p. 12054.
6. "No. 31861". The London Gazette. 13 April 1920. p. 4347.
7. "No. 32027". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 August 1920. p. 8694.
8. Gupta, Amit Das (2020). The Indian Civil Service and Indian Foreign Policy, 1923–1961. Taylor & Francis. p. 16. ISBN 9781000244588.
9. "No. 34518". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 June 1938. p. 3691.
10. "No. 37407". The London Gazette. 28 December 1945. p. 7.
11. "First-Class Matches played by Geoffrey Bozman". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
12. "Europeans v Indians, Madras Presidency Match 1925/26". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 November 2022.

External links

• Geoffrey Bozman at ESPNcricinfo