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Neville Foster Personal information Full name Neville John Acland Foster Born 28 September 1890
Malvern, Worcestershire, EnglandDied 8 January 1978 (aged 87)
Malvern, Worcestershire, EnglandBatting style Right-handed Domestic team information Years Team 1914-1923 Worcestershire First-class debut 27 May 1914 Worcestershire v Middlesex Last First-class 18 August 1923 Worcestershire v Sussex Career statistics Competition First-class Matches 8 Runs scored 219 Batting average 21.90 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 40* Balls bowled 0 Wickets - Bowling average - 5 wickets in innings - 10 wickets in match - Best bowling - Catches/stumpings 5/0 Source: CricketArchive, 30 December 2007 Neville John Acland Foster (28 September 1890 – 8 January 1978) was an English cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman,[2] he was the youngest of seven brothers to play first-class cricket for Worcestershire, though his county cricket was restricted to two seasons as he spent most of his life in Malaya.[3]
Biography
Born in Malvern,[2] Foster played twice for the Federated Malay States against the Straits Settlements in 1911 and 1912,[4] he made his first-class debut for his native Worcestershire in May 1914 when he played in a County Championship match against Middlesex. He played in two further matches that season.[5]
Back in Malaya, he played a third match for the Federated Malay States against the Straits Settlements in Kuala Lumpur in 1922,[4] before returning to England for his final season of first-class cricket. He played five County Championship matches for Worcestershire that season,[5] his availability restricted by a side injury.[3] The remainder of his recorded cricket career took place in Malaya,[4] eventually captaining the Federated Malay States[3] for whom he played six more times, five times against the Straits Settlements and once against Hong Kong.[4]
He also played three times for the combined Malaya cricket team, playing against Hong Kong in 1926, and against Hong Kong and Shanghai in 1927.[4] He died in 1978 in Malvern, the last survivor of his cricket playing brothers.[3]
References
- ^ Cricinfo profile
- ^ a b CricketArchive profile
- ^ a b c d Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1979, Obituaries in 1978
- ^ a b c d e Other matches played by Neville Foster at CricketArchive
- ^ a b First-class matches played by Neville Foster at CricketArchive
Categories:- 1890 births
- 1978 deaths
- English cricketers
- Federated Malay States cricketers
- Old Malvernians
- Malayan cricketers
- People from Malvern, Worcestershire
- Worcestershire cricketers
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