Geoffrey Stanley Trueman (7 January 1926 – 28 June 1981) was an Australian cricketer. He played 24 first-class matches for New South Wales between the 1951–52 and 1953–54 seasons.
Geoffrey Trueman was born at Sydney in New South Wales in 1926. He played as a wicket-keeper for New South Wales in the early 1950s.Trueman, Geoffrey, Obituaries in 1981, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1982. Retrieved 12 July 2023. He played a total of 24 matches for the team, scoring 135 runs and being involved in 82 dismissals. These featured 20 stumpings, 18 of which were from the bowling of Richie Benaud. He played in two Sheffield Shield winning teams, New South Wales winning the Shield in his first and last seasons in first-class cricket. His Wisden obituary reported that he had come close to selection for the Australia national cricket team.
After taking a job at a hotel at Junee, Trueman declared himself "unavailable" for the New South Wales team in late 1954 and did not play again for the State team.State 'Keeper Takes Job at Junee, Sydney Morning Herald, 2 September 1954, p. 11.2 Northerners in State squad, Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate, 6 October 1954, p. 9.Keen Tussle For State 'Keeper, Sydney Morning Herald, 8 October 1954, p. 12. He played Victorian Premier Cricket for South Melbourne Cricket Club later in the decade. He died at Sydney in 1981 aged 55.
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