Jack Foster (cricketer)

Jack Heygate Nedham Foster (8 September 1905 – 16 November 1976) was an English army officer and cricketer. He was born at Rochester in Kent and educated at Harrow School.[1][2]

Jack Foster
Personal information
Full name
Jack Heygate Nedham Foster
Born(1905-09-08)8 September 1905
Rochester, Kent
Died16 November 1976(1976-11-16) (aged 71)
Edenbridge, Kent
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1930Kent
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 1
Batting average 0.50
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 1
Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: CricInfo, 2 February 2012

Foster played in the Harrow cricket XI in 1923 and made ten appearances for Kent County Cricket Club's Second XI in 1924–1925, scoring a century against Norfolk.[1][3] He attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, playing cricket against Royal Military Academy, Woolwich in July 1925,[1] before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Buffs in February 1926.[4]

Foster made two trial appearances for Kent in the 1930 County Championship. His first-class cricket debut came against Middlesex at Folkestone on 9 July and he played again in the county's following fixture against Surrey at Blackheath.[1] The trial was not a success and these were Foster's only first-class appearances.[3] He played twice for the Army team in 1934 against the Public Schools.[1] His Wisden obituary describes him as a "good stylist" who was "quick on his feet, with a beautiful pair of wrists" when playing at school.[3]

After retiring from the army with the rank of captain, Foster died at Edenbridge, Kent, in November 1976, aged 71.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Jack Foster, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-07-01. (subscription required)
  2. ^ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part Two: 1919–1939, p. 81. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-07-01.)
  3. ^ a b c d Foster, Captain Jack Heygate Nedham, Obituaries in 1976, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1977. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  4. ^ Regular Forces, The London Gazette, p.886, 1926-02-05. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
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