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William Bernard Henry Foley (3 October 1906 – 13 August 1963) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1926 to 1947.

A hard-hitting batsman and brilliant fieldsman, Foley was one of the leading batsmen in the Currie Cup in 1929–30, scoring 446 runs for Transvaal at an average of 74.33. In the final match of the tournament, when Transvaal needed a victory to win the trophy, he scored 153, enabling Transvaal to make 417 all out and take four Rhodesian wickets by stumps on the first day. Transvaal won by an innings and secured the Currie Cup. In senior cricket in Johannesburg in 1929–30 he scored three centuries in consecutive innings "as a result of great hitting", including one in which he hit 13 sixes. In 1934–35, when Transvaal again won the Currie Cup, Foley scored 359 runs at 59.83.

He and his wife Gladys had five children.

References

1. ^ J. Slee, "South African Cricket in Transition", The Cricketer, Spring Annual, 1930, p. 90.
2. "Batting and Fielding in Currie Cup 1929/30". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
3. "Rhodesia v Transvaal 1929–30". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
4. "Batting and Fielding in Currie Cup 1934/35". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
5. "William Bernard Henry Foley, 1906 – 1963". MyHeritage. Retrieved 26 July 2020.

External links

• William Foley at ESPNcricinfo
• William Foley at CricketArchive (subscription required)

• 1906 births
• 1963 deaths
• Cricketers from Cape Town
• South African cricketers
• Gauteng cricketers
• Western Province cricketers