William Foley
Personal information
Full name
William Bernard Henry Foley
Born(1906-10-03)3 October 1906
Cape Town, Cape Colony
Died13 August 1963(1963-08-13) (aged 56)
Bergvliet, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1925–26 to 1936–37Transvaal
1937–38 to 1947–48Western Province
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 35
Runs scored 1941
Batting average 44.11
100s/50s 1/14
Top score 153
Balls bowled 138
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 10/0
Source: Cricinfo, 26 July 2020

William Bernard Henry Foley (3 October 1906 – 13 August 1963) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1926 to 1947.

A hard-hitting batsman and brilliant fieldsman, Foley was one of the leading batsmen in the Currie Cup in 1929–30, scoring 446 runs for Transvaal at an average of 74.33.[1][2] In the final match of the tournament, when Transvaal needed a victory to win the trophy, he scored 153, enabling Transvaal to make 417 all out and take four Rhodesian wickets by stumps on the first day. Transvaal won by an innings and secured the Currie Cup.[3] In senior cricket in Johannesburg in 1929–30 he scored three centuries in consecutive innings "as a result of great hitting", including one in which he hit 13 sixes.[1] In 1934–35, when Transvaal again won the Currie Cup, Foley scored 359 runs at 59.83.[4]

He and his wife Gladys had five children.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 J. Slee, "South African Cricket in Transition", The Cricketer, Spring Annual, 1930, p. 90.
  2. ↑ "Batting and Fielding in Currie Cup 1929/30". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "Rhodesia v Transvaal 1929–30". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Batting and Fielding in Currie Cup 1934/35". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "William Bernard Henry Foley, 1906 – 1963". MyHeritage. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
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