| Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
|---|---|
| Sex | Male |
| Full name | Geoffrey Joseph Bulkeley•Buckley |
| Used name | Geoffrey•Buckley |
| Born | 3 December 1857 in Sopworth, England (GBR) |
| Died | 22 November 1938 (aged 80 years 11 months 19 days) in Pretoria, Gauteng (RSA) |
| Affiliations | Devon & Somerset Wanderers, Castle Cary (GBR) |
| NOC |  Great Britain |
| Medals | OG |
| Gold | 1 |
| Silver | 0 |
| Bronze | 0 |
| Total | 1 |
Geoffrey Buckley was one of several members of the Castle Cary cricket club who played in the Paris match. He batted only in the first innings and scored two runs. Of the 22 French dismissals only five were caught, and Buckley claimed one of them, when he held Robert Horne off the bowling of Frederick Christian, when on 15 in France’s first innings.
A pupil of Marlborough School and, later, Brasenose College, Oxford. he qualified as a solicitor and founded the law firm of Buckley and Keatinge in London. Buckley emigrated to South Africa to become Secretary General to the Postmaster General of Johannesburg who was his brother-in-law and died in Pretoria in 1929.
This information was found during the writing of the 2025 book “Larger Than Life: The untold story of William Donne of CASTLE CARY. Cricket Olympian. Rugby Supremo. Devon and Somerset Wanderer” by Barry Phillips.
| Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 Summer Olympics | Cricket | GBR |
Geoffrey Buckley | |||
| Cricket, Men (Olympic) | Devon and Somerset Wanderers | 1 | Gold |
