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Which team did Geoff Morton play for from 1953 to 1954?
Geoff Morton Geoffrey Dalgleish Morton ( 22 July 1922 – 28 January 2000 ) was an English professional footballer , cricketer , umpire and sports coach . He was best known for his achievements as a goalkeeper in the Football League , and as both a medium-fast bowler and umpire in first-class cricket , most notably the County Championship . He later served as a coach at Malvern College . Playing career . Morton was born in Acton , Middlesex . He won boxing competitions as a schoolboy , and also played football for his school , although not initially as a goalkeeper . Football . British peacetime football was suspended in 1939 , shortly after Morton turned 17 . However , he played for Chelsea and Chelmsford City in wartime competitions . On the resumption of peacetime football , he stayed with Chelmsford , playing in the Southern League . Morton remained at the club until October 1948 , when he signed for Football League Third Division South side Watford on a free transfer . Morton made his Watford and Football League debut on 6 November 1948 , in a 2–1 defeat to Exeter City . He quickly established himself as a regular in the team , missing only five of the remaining twenty-six matches . In the 1949–50 season , Morton was everpresent as Watford finished sixth in the league , and kept eight consecutive clean sheets between October and November 1949 . He remained the clubs first choice goalkeeper for the 1950–51 season , but financial difficulties forced the club to sell several other first team players , and the club finished 23rd out of 24 clubs in the league . Morton himself was sold to Southend United mid-way through the following season , for a fee of approximately £1,000 , described as a give-away by the Watford Observer . Morton played infrequently for Southend , as the club finished 8th and 16th in the Third Division South . He then played a season for Gloucester City , playing 11 times . He transferred to Exeter City at the start of 1954–55 , but made only six league appearances , and retired from playing at the end of the season . Cricket . Morton played for Middlesex as a right-arm , medium-fast bowler between 1949 and 1951 , playing six minor counties matches for the Second Eleven , and two first-class matches at Lords in the 1950 County Championship . He played a further first-class game for Marylebone Cricket Club in 1952 . Morton did not take a wicket in first-class cricket , and scored one run from three innings . After retiring as a player , Morton remained involved in cricket as an umpire , officiating a total of 13 first-class matches between 1954 and 1957 . He continued to umpire at lower levels of cricket thereafter . Later life and death . Aside from cricket , Morton became a sports coach at Malvern College , where he taught for over 30 years . He died on 28 January 2000 , aged 77 .