Ian Folley
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Ian Folley was an English
cricket
er. He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm bowler, initially a medium-pacer and latterly a spinner.
Initially Folley played for Lancashire
, starting his career as a seamer in 1982, though he switched to spin bowling after coaching and encouragement from Jack Bond
. Over the next two seasons, he averaged less than thirty with the ball, taking 129 wickets, and in one match, had match figures of 12/57. Lined up for an England
team spot, he then suffered an injury of the left arm, and had to quit the game, after tours to Jamaica
and Zimbabwe
.
In 1991 he was given a second chance at success, playing for Derbyshire
, but his first-team performances did not live up to the promise of those performances he had been making prior to his break.
Two years later, Folley while batting was accidentally hit underneath the eye in a freak accident, and was immediately taken to local hospital, while under anaesthesia, suffered a heart attack and died. He was thirty years old.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm bowler, initially a medium-pacer and latterly a spinner.
Initially Folley played for Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
, starting his career as a seamer in 1982, though he switched to spin bowling after coaching and encouragement from Jack Bond
Jack Bond
John David "Jack" Bond, born in Kearsley, near Bolton, Lancashire, on 6 May 1932, is a former cricketer who played for Lancashire and, for one season, for Nottinghamshire....
. Over the next two seasons, he averaged less than thirty with the ball, taking 129 wickets, and in one match, had match figures of 12/57. Lined up for an England
English cricket team
The England and Wales cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales. Until 1992 it also represented Scotland. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board , having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club from 1903 until the end...
team spot, he then suffered an injury of the left arm, and had to quit the game, after tours to Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
and Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
.
In 1991 he was given a second chance at success, playing for Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
, but his first-team performances did not live up to the promise of those performances he had been making prior to his break.
Two years later, Folley while batting was accidentally hit underneath the eye in a freak accident, and was immediately taken to local hospital, while under anaesthesia, suffered a heart attack and died. He was thirty years old.
External links
- Ian Folley at Cricket Archive