Wesley Ferris
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Stewart Wesley Ferris usually known by his middle name as Weslet Ferris was an Irish cricket
er.
A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace
bowler, he played three times for the Ireland cricket team in 1956. He made his debut in June against Scotland in a first-class
match, taking four wickets in the Scotland first innings which were his only first-class wickets. In August, he played a drawn two-day game against Sussex
, taking the only two wickets to fall in the Sussex first innings before the game finished. The following month he played his final match against the MCC
, a first-class match in which he met without success as a bowler, not taking a wicket in the match, and scoring seven runs
in total in the match without being dismissed.
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.
A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
bowler, he played three times for the Ireland cricket team in 1956. He made his debut in June against Scotland in a first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
match, taking four wickets in the Scotland first innings which were his only first-class wickets. In August, he played a drawn two-day game against Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
, taking the only two wickets to fall in the Sussex first innings before the game finished. The following month he played his final match against the MCC
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
, a first-class match in which he met without success as a bowler, not taking a wicket in the match, and scoring seven runs
Run (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. Runs are scored by a batsman, and the aggregate of the scores of a team's batsmen constitutes the team's score. A batsman scoring 50 or 100 runs , or any higher multiple of 50 runs, is considered a particular achievement...
in total in the match without being dismissed.