Arthur Geoffrey Gascoyne Webb (17 August 1896 – 6 April 1981) was an English naval officer, and a cricketer, active from 1919 to 1938 who played for Leicestershire.
[2] Webb was born in Kent, at Sittingbourne or Newington, Swale, and was educated at Wellington College.
[1][2][3] He joined the Royal Navy in 1914, and served during World War I, being present during the battle of Jutland, and reaching the rank of lieutenant in September 1918.
There he became an authority on the Hausa language and customs, and wrote a book and examination text, Al'adun Hausawa (1932) with Frank William Taylor (born 1887), in charge of education at Yola, Adamawa.
He was involved as Secretary in Leicestershire County Cricket Club, and administratively in King George's Fund for Sailors.