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Neil Stanley
Personal information
Full name
Neil Alan Stanley
Born(1968-05-16)16 May 1968
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
Died7 August 2024(2024-08-07) (aged 56)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1987–1989Bedfordshire
1988–1993Northamptonshire
1994–2003Bedfordshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 21 28
Runs scored 1,019 398
Batting average 32.87 18.09
100s/50s 1/7 0/2
Top score 132 69
Balls bowled 60 354
Wickets 0 10
Bowling average 27.80
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/48
Catches/stumpings 9/– 9/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 September 2011

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]

References

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  1. ^ "Bedford Modern School – Schools Cricket Online".
  2. ^ a b "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Neil Stanley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Neil Stanley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Youth One-Day International Matches played by Neil Stanley". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  5. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Neil Stanley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  6. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding by Neil Stanley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  7. ^ "Lancashire v Northamptonshire, 1991 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  8. ^ a b "List A Matches played by Neil Stanley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  9. ^ a b "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Neil Stanley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  10. ^ "Devon v Bedfordshire, 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  11. ^ "List A Bowling For Each Team by Neil Stanley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  12. ^ "Remembering Neil Stanley". Northamptonshire CCC. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
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