{{Short description|Australian cricketer (born 1966)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = Australia | fullname = Geoffrey Bruce Tasman Lovell | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|7|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = | death_place = | heightft = | heightinch = | nickname = | family = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = | club1 = Oxford University | year1 = 1991–1993 | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 26 | runs1 = 1,061 | bat avg1 = 32.15 | 100s/50s1 = 2/3 | top score1 = 114 | deliveries1 = 192 | wickets1 = 1 | bowl avg1 = 141.00 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 1/13 | catches/stumpings1 = 21/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 1 | runs2 = 18 | bat avg2 = 18.00 | 100s/50s2 = –/– | top score2 = 18 | deliveries2 = 0 | wickets2 = – | bowl avg2 = – | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = – | catches/stumpings2 = –/– | date = 1 September | year = 2019 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/16407.html Cricinfo }}
'''Geoffrey Bruce Tasman Lovell''' (born 11 July 1966) is an Australian former cricketer.
Lovell was born at Sydney in July 1966. He studied at The University of Sydney, before undertaking his post-graduate studies in England at Exeter College, Oxford.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11369/11369.html |title=Player profile: Geoffrey Lovell |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-01 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Hampshire at Oxford in 1991. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1993, making 24 appearances.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11369/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Geoff Lovell |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-01 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Playing as a batsman, he scored 939 runs at an average of 31.30. He made two centuries, with a high score of 144 against Cambridge University in The University Match of 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11369/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Geoff Lovell |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-01 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/57/57481.html |title=Oxford University v Cambridge University, 1993 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-01 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Lovell also made a single first-class appearance each for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket team against the touring Pakistanis in 1992 and for the Combined Universities cricket team against the touring Australians in 1993,<ref name="FCM"/> with him making 96 against the Pakistanis.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/56/56027.html |title=Oxford and Cambridge Universities v Pakistanis, 1992 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-01 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In addition to playing first-class cricket while at Oxford, he also made a single List A one-day appearance for the Combined Universities against Hampshire in the 1993 Benson & Hedges Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11369/List_A_Matches.html |title=List A Matches played by Geoff Lovell |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-01 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Lovell is currently the vice-warden of St Paul's College at the University of Sydney, having held the post since 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stpauls.edu.au/home/explore/who-are-we-2/the-vice-warden/previous-vice-wardens/ |title=Previous Vice-Wardens |publisher=www.stpauls.edu.au |accessdate=2019-09-01 |archive-date=1 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901204039/https://www.stpauls.edu.au/home/explore/who-are-we-2/the-vice-warden/previous-vice-wardens/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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