Geoffrey Henry Barrington Chance CBE (16 December 1893 – 11 July 1987) was an English first-class cricketer. The son of Ernest Chance, he was born in December 1893 at Burghfield, Berkshire. He was educated at Eton College, where he played for the college cricket team in his final year. In his first match for Eton, against the Marylebone Cricket Club, he took figures of 10 for 36. His wickets included experienced first-class batsman Edward Dowson, William Findlay, Frank Phillips and Peter Randall Johnson. The Times described his bowling for Eton in their match against Winchester College as "Chance made good use of his wicket; he bowls fast to medium in pace over the wicket; he kept a length and made the ball get up quickly and go away just a little." His skills as a cricketer were noted by