Richard Whiley
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| Full name | Richard Kingscote Whiley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 October 1935 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 July 2026 (aged 90) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964–1967 | Dorset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1958 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1954 | Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 21 November 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richard Kingscote Whiley (10 October 1935 – 24 July 2026) was an English cricketer. Whiley was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire and educated at Malvern College.
Whiley made a single first-class appearance for Gloucestershire against the touring Pakistanis at the College Ground, Cheltenham in 1954.[1] In this match he batted twice, scoring 7 not out and 4 not out, in what was a drawn match.[2] This was his only major appearance for Gloucestershire. Four years later, while studying at Brasenose College, Oxford, he made a single first-class appearance for Oxford University Cricket Club against Lancashire at University Parks, Oxford.[1] In the Oxford first-innings, Whiley was dismissed for 4 runs by Roy Tattersall, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 2 runs by the same bowler, with a low scoring encounter ending in a draw.[3]
In 1964, Whiley made his debut for Dorset in the Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Dorset from 1964 to 1967, making a total of 36 Minor Counties Championship appearances.[4]
Whiley was a schoolmaster at Clifton College and then moved to Australia as a history and economics teacher at Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore School) between 1968 and 1990.[5] He died at Hornsby Hospital on 24 July 2026.[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "First-Class Matches played by Richard Whiley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ↑ "Gloucestershire v Pakistanis, 1954". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ↑ "Oxford University v Lancashire, 1958". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ↑ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Richard Whiley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- 1 2 "Richard Kingscote Whiley". Sydney Morning Herald. 25 July 2026.
External links
[edit]- Richard Whiley at ESPNcricinfo
- Richard Whiley at CricketArchive