Charles Windham Foley (26 August 1856 – 20 November 1933) was an English first-class cricketer and solicitor.
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| Full name | Charles Windham Foley | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 August 1856 Wadhurst, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 November 1933 (aged 77) Kensington, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1880 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
| 1891 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 22 April 2021 | |||||||||||||||
The son of John Foley, he was born in August 1856 at Wadhurst, Sussex. He was educated at Eton College, where he was in the cricket eleven.[1] From Eton he went up to King's College, Cambridge.[2] He played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1880, making six appearances. He played in The University Match against Oxford University at Lord's,[3] for which he gained his cricket blue.[1] He played as the Cambridge wicket-keeper in these match, taking 6 catches and made 12 stumpings. As a lower-order batsman, he scored 39 with a highest score of 12.[4] He was described by Wisden as "an average batsman". It was noted that he was a left-handed batsman until the age of 15, after which he changed to become a right-handed batsman on what Wisden described as "foolish advice".[1] Alongside playing cricket, Foley also played football for Cambridge University A.F.C. as a full-back,[1] for which he gained a football blue in 1880.[2]
Foley also won an FA Cup winners' medal with the Old Etonians, playing as half-back on the winning side in the 1882 FA Cup final.[5]
After graduating from Cambridge, Foley became a solicitor.[2] Eleven years after he last played first-class cricket, he made a single first-class appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Somerset at Taunton in August 1891.[3] He made scores of 0 and 12 in the match, being dismissed by Bill Roe and Gerald Fowler in the MCC first and second innings' respectively.[6] Foley moved to British India in 1892, where he was a partner in the law firm Morgan & Co. in Calcutta until 1919. He returned to England in his later life, where he retired to Kensington.[2] He died there in November 1933.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "Wisden - Obituaries in 1933". ESPNcricinfo. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ a b c d Venn, John (1944). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 526.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Charles Foley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Charles Foley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ Programme (25 March 1882). Football Association Challenge Cup - Final Tie 1881–82. London: Cricket Press.
- ^ "Somerset v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1891". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 April 2021.