Richard Whiley

Richard Whiley
Personal information
Full name	Richard Kingscote Whiley
Born	10 October 1935 (age 88); Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Domestic team information
1964–1967	Dorset
1958	Oxford University
1954	Gloucestershire
Career statistics
Matches	2
Runs scored	17
Batting average	8.50
100s/50s	–/–
Top score	7*
Balls bowled	–
Wickets	–
Bowling average	–
5 wickets in innings	–
10 wickets in match	–
Best bowling	–
Catches/stumpings	–/–
	Source: Cricinfo, 21 November 2011

Richard Kingscote Whiley (born 10 October 1935) is a former 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]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "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.