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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Geoffrey Stephen Bozman
| nickname =
| birth_date = 26 November 1896
| birth_place = [[Wandsworth]], [[Surrey]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1973|2|23|1896|11|26|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Bromley]], [[Kent]], England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| family =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1925/26
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 24
| bat avg1 = 12.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 20
| deliveries1 = 24
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 29 November
| year = 2022
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/geoffrey-bozman-27062 ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Geoffrey Stephen Bozman''' {{postnominal|CIE|CSI}} (26 November 1896 — 23 February 1973) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and an officer in the [[Indian Civil Service]].

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]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=Who was who in British India |date=1998 |first=John F. |last=Riddick |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group|Greenwood Press]] |page=42 |isbn=9780313292323 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LI8UAQAAIAAJ |language=en}}</ref> Bozman served in the [[First World War]], being commissioned into the [[Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)]] as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in October 1915,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29312|date=1 October 1915|page=9657}}</ref> before being transferred to the [[Royal Flying Corps]] as a [[flying officer]] in August 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29768|date=26 September 1916|page=9463|supp=y}}</ref> He was made a temporary [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in March 1917,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30005|date=30 March 1917|page=3116}}</ref> before gaining the rank in full in July 1917.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30405|date=27 November 1917|page=12054|supp=y}}</ref> Following the war, he was transferred to the unemployed list in January 1919,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31861|date=13 April 1920|page=4347}}</ref> and resigned his commission in August of the same year, retaining the rank of lieutenant.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32027|date=20 August 1920|page=8694|supp=y}}</ref> Bozman joined the [[Indian Civil Service]] based in [[Chennai|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.<ref name="CIV">{{cite book |title=The Indian Civil Service and Indian Foreign Policy, 1923–1961 |first=Amit Das |last=Gupta |date=2020 |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |page=16 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4SUAEAAAQBAJ |language=en |isbn=9781000244588}}</ref> He was made a Companion to the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] in the [[1938 Birthday Honours]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34518|date=7 June 1938|page=3691|supp=y}}</ref> and was later made a Companion of the [[Order of the Star of India]] in the [[1946 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37407|date=28 December 1945|page=7}}</ref> While in [[British India]], Bozman played [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Indians cricket team|Indians]] at [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Madras]] in the [[Madras Presidency Match]] of January 1926.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13034/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Geoffrey Bozman|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=29 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> [[Batting order (cricket)#Opening batters|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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11762.html|title=Europeans v Indians, Madras Presidency Match 1925/26|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=29 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Bozman retired to England, where he died at [[Bromley]] in February 1973.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=27062}}

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[[Category:People from Wandsworth]]
[[Category:Cricketers from the London Borough of Wandsworth]]
[[Category:People educated at Whitgift School]]
[[Category:Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Queen's Royal Regiment officers]]
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[[Category:Indian Civil Service (British India) officers]]
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[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Star of India]]

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