Country: | England |
Fullname: | John Wilby Morley |
Birth Date: | 30 July 1838 |
Birth Place: | Raithby, Lincolnshire, England |
Death Place: | along the Mackenzie River, Queensland, Australia |
Batting: | Unknown |
Club1: | Oxford University |
Year1: | 1859 - 1860 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 4 |
Runs1: | 47 |
Bat Avg1: | 7.83 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 19 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
Date: | 24 February |
Year: | 2020 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/17914.html Cricinfo |
John Wilby Morley (30 July 1838 – 24 April 1864) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of The Reverend William Morley, he was born in July 1838 at Raithby, Lincolnshire. He was educated at Marlborough College,[1] before going up to Brasenose College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he made four appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1859–60,[2] scoring a total of 47 runs with a high score of 19.[3] Shortly after graduating from Oxford, Morley emigrated to Australia, where he died along the Mackenzie River in Queensland in April 1864.[1]