Edward Foley (cricketer) explained

Edward Foley
Country:England
Fullname:Edward Francis Walwyn Foley
Birth Date:6 October 1851
Birth Place:Derby, England
Death Place:Kensington, England
Batting:Right-handed
Year1:1871
Type1:FC
Debutdate1:17 August
Debutyear1:1871
Debutfor1:Derbyshire
Debutagainst1:Lancashire
Onetype1:true
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:1
Runs1:0
Bat Avg1:0
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:0
Hidedeliveries:true
Catches/Stumpings1:1/0
Date:16 December
Year:2010
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Players/29/29451/29451.html CricketArchive

Edward Francis Walwyn Foley (6 October 1851 – 23 October 1923) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1871.

Foley was born in Derby, the son of Rev. Edward Walwyn Foley, who was vicar of All Saints Derby from 1848 to 1872.[1] He was educated at Repton School and admitted at Wadham College, Oxford in 1870.[2] He was the youngest member of the Derbyshire team during their inaugural 1871 season.

Foley participated in the second match ever played by Derbyshire, against Lancashire in the 1871 season. He was a right-handed batsman. He failed to score a run during the match, though he made one catch in the outfield.[3]

Foley died at the age of 72 in Kensington.

Notes and References

  1. https://archive.org/stream/notesonchurcheso04coxjiala J. Charles Cox Notes on the churches of Derbyshire Volume: 4 Palmer and Edmunds 1875
  2. Web site: The Registers of Wadham College, Oxford . 15 December 2010 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055048/http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/wadham-college/the-registers-of-wadham-college-oxford--volume-2-ala/page-39-the-registers-of-wadham-college-oxford--volume-2-ala.shtml . dead .
  3. https://cricketarchive.com/Players/29/29451/29451.html Edward Foley at Cricket Archive