| Jack Foster | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Jack Heygate Nedham Foster |
| Birth Date: | 8 September 1905 |
| Birth Place: | Rochester, Kent |
| Death Place: | Edenbridge, Kent |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Club1: | Kent |
| Year1: | 1930 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 2 |
| Runs1: | 1 |
| Bat Avg1: | 0.50 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 1 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
| Date: | 2 February |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13155.html CricInfo |
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]
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.[3] He attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, playing cricket against Royal Military Academy, Woolwich in July 1925, 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. The trial was not a success and these were Foster's only first-class appearances. He played twice for the Army team in 1934 against the Public Schools. 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.
After retiring from the army with the rank of captain, Foster died at Edenbridge, Kent, in November 1976, aged 71.