| Neil Stanley | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Neil Alan Stanley |
| Birth Date: | 1968 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Bedford, Bedfordshire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Club1: | Bedfordshire |
| Club2: | Northamptonshire |
| Year2: | 1988–1993 |
| Club3: | Bedfordshire |
| Year3: | 1994–2003 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 21 |
| Runs1: | 1,019 |
| Bat Avg1: | 32.87 |
| 100S/50S1: | 1/7 |
| Top Score1: | 132 |
| Deliveries1: | 60 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 9/– |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 28 |
| Runs2: | 398 |
| Bat Avg2: | 18.09 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/2 |
| Top Score2: | 69 |
| Deliveries2: | 354 |
| Wickets2: | 10 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 27.80 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 3/48 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 9/– |
| Date: | 24 September |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20334.html Cricinfo |
Neil Alan Stanley (16 May 1968 – 7 August 2024) was an English cricketer. Stanley was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Bedford and educated at Bedford Modern School.[1]
Stanley made his debut in county cricket for Bedfordshire in the 1987 Minor Counties Championship. He made four appearances in 1987,[2] and an appearance each in MCCA Knockout Trophy in 1988 and 1989.[3] In 1988, he played three Youth One Day Internationals for England Young Cricketers, making an appearance each against Australia Young Cricketers, Pakistan Young Cricketers and New Zealand Young Cricketers.[4] In that same season, he made his first-class debut for Northamptonshire against Oxford University in 1988. He made twenty further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Surrey in the 1992 County Championship.[5] In his twenty-one first-class matches, he scored 1,019 runs at an average of 32.87, with a high score of 132.[6] This score, which was his only first-class century, came against Lancashire in a partnership worth 236 runs with Allan Lamb.[7] His List A debut for Northamptonshire came against Yorkshire in the 1988 Benson & Hedges Cup. He made fourteen further List A appearances for the county, the last of which came against Somerset in the 1993 AXA Equity & Law League.[8] In his fifteen appearances in that format for Northamptonshire, Stanley scored 103 runs at an average of 10.30, with a high score of 18.[9] He left Northamptonshire at the end of the 1993 season.
He rejoined his native county for the 1994 season, playing Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 1994 to 2002, making a further 36 Minor Counties Championship[2] and 30 MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances.[3] He made his first List A appearance for Bedfordshire in the 1994 NatWest Trophy against Warwickshire. He made twelve further List A appearances for his home county, the last of which came against Warwickshire in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy.[8] In his thirteen List A appearances, he scored 295 runs at an average of 24.58, with a high score of 69.[9] This score, one of two fifties he made in that format for Bedfordshire, came against Devon in the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy.[10] With the ball, he took 9 wickets at a bowling average of 30.55, with best figures of 3/48.[11]
Stanley died on 7 August 2024, at the age of 56.[12]