William Wiley (cricketer)
William Gordon Antony Wiley (14 November 1931 – 7 December 1999) was a South African first-class cricketer.
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Full name | William Gordon Antony Wiley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 14 November 1931 St James, Cape Province, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 7 December 1999 68) Harare, Mashonaland, Zimbabwe | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Leg break googly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | John Wiley (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1952 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1952 | Oxfordshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1952/53–1953/54 | Western Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 25 June 2019 |
Wiley was born at St James in Cape Town. He later travelled to England to study at Lincoln College, Oxford.[1] While at Oxford he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Gloucestershire at Oxford in 1952.[2] He made twelve first-class appearances for Oxford in 1952,[2] scoring 580 runs at an average of 27.61, with a high score of 100.[3] This score, which was his only first-class century, came against Sussex at Worthing.[4] During the 1952 season, he also played minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire, making a single appearance against Berkshire in the Minor Counties Championship.[5] Returning to South Africa, Wiley made four first-class appearances for Western Province in the 1952/53 and 1953/54 seasons.[2] He later emigrated to Zimbabwe, where he died at Harare in December 1999. His brother was the cricketer and politician John Wiley.
References
- "Player profile: William Wiley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
- "First-Class Matches played by William Wiley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
- "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Wiley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
- "Sussex v Oxford University, 1952". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
- "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by William Wiley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-06-25.