Stuart Westley
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Stuart Alker Westley is a former English
cricket
er. Westley was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper
. Following his cricket career he became a prominent educator and teachers leader. He was born in Preston, Lancashire and was educated at Lancaster Grammar School.
Westley made his first-class
debut for Oxford University
against Gloucestershire
in 1968. He made 20 further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against Oxford University
in 1969. In his 21 first-class appearance for the university, he scored 412 runs at an average
of 15.25, with a high score of 93 not out
. This score, one of two first-class fifties he made, came against Warwickshire
in 1969. Behind the stump
s he took 50 catches and made 4 stumpings. While at Oxford, he also played 2 first-class matches for Oxford and Cambridge Universities
against the touring Australians in 1968 and the touring West Indians in 1969.
With the conclusion of his studies, Westley joined Gloucestershire later in the 1969 English cricket season
, making his first-class debut for the county against Glamorgan
. He made 9 further first-class appearances for Gloucestershire, the last of which came against Middlesex
in the 1971 County Championship. In his 10 first-class matches for Gloucestershire, he scored 138 runs at an average of 17.25, with a high score of 35 not out. Behind the stumps he took 19 catches and made 3 stumpings. He made his List A debut against Northamptonshire
in the 1969 Player's County League
. He made 6 further List A appearances for Gloucestershire, the last of which came against Somerset
in the 1971 John Player League
. In these matches, he scored 13 runs at an average of 6.50, with a high score of 7 not out, while behind the stumps he took 13 catches and made 2 stumpings. He taught during the winter months, but with opportunities proving limited at Gloucestershire, he decided the leave the county and become a full time teacher. He later reminisced about his career, describing himself as a wicket-keeper "who chipped in with the bat on a good day".
He later taught mathematics
at Framlingham College
in Suffolk
, a position he held from 1973 to 1984. While teaching he played Minor counties cricket for Suffolk
, making his debut for the county in the 1973 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire
. He played Minor counties cricket for Suffolk from 1973 to 1984, making 85 Minor Counties Championship and 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy
appearances. In 1976, he played his final first-class match for the Minor Counties against the touring West Indians. In this match, he was dismissed for 4 runs by Bernard Julien
. In their second-innings he run out
for 7. He took 2 catches behind the stumps, both coming in the West Indians first-innings. He made his first List A appearance for Suffolk against Sussex
in the 1978 Gillette Cup
. He made 5 further List A appearances for the county, the last of which came against Derbyshire
in the 1983 NatWest Trophy
. In his 6 List A matches for Suffolk, he took scored 96 runs at an average of 19.20, with a high score of 28, while behind the stumps he took 11 catches. He later taught at Haileybury
, where for 13 years held held the position of master
of the college. He later became the head of the Association of Governing Bodies of Independent Schools
, a role he presently holds.
Westley attended Lancaster Grammar School with his twin brother, Roger
, who he also played alongside with for Oxford University in first-class cricket, which remains one of the few times twins have appearing together in first-class cricket. His brother coached cricket at Haileybury, before dying in 1982.
English people
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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. Westley was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper
Wicket-keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...
. Following his cricket career he became a prominent educator and teachers leader. He was born in Preston, Lancashire and was educated at Lancaster Grammar School.
Westley made his 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...
debut for Oxford University
Oxford University Cricket Club
Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...
against Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
in 1968. He made 20 further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against Oxford University
Oxford University Cricket Club
Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...
in 1969. In his 21 first-class appearance for the university, he scored 412 runs at an average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
of 15.25, with a high score of 93 not out
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
. This score, one of two first-class fifties he made, came against Warwickshire
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...
in 1969. Behind the stump
Stump
In its most general sense, stump is an English word. It may refer to:*Tree stump, the rooted remains of a felled tree*Stump, the remains of a limb after amputation...
s he took 50 catches and made 4 stumpings. While at Oxford, he also played 2 first-class matches for Oxford and Cambridge Universities
Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket team
Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket teams played first-class cricket for more than 150 years, although sometimes many years passed between fixtures....
against the touring Australians in 1968 and the touring West Indians in 1969.
With the conclusion of his studies, Westley joined Gloucestershire later in the 1969 English cricket season
1969 English cricket season
The 1969 English cricket season saw the inauguration of the Sunday League , sponsored by the John Player tobacco company. All matches were played on Sundays with each of the 17 first-class counties playing each other once. They were of 40 overs a side...
, making his first-class debut for the county against Glamorgan
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
. He made 9 further first-class appearances for Gloucestershire, the last of which came against Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
in the 1971 County Championship. In his 10 first-class matches for Gloucestershire, he scored 138 runs at an average of 17.25, with a high score of 35 not out. Behind the stumps he took 19 catches and made 3 stumpings. He made his List A debut against Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
in the 1969 Player's County League
1969 Player's County League
The 1969 Player's County League was the first competing of what was colloquially known as the Sunday League. The second one-day league in England and Wales, it consisted of the seventeen first-class counties playing each other on Sunday afternoons throughout the season. The competition was won by...
. He made 6 further List A appearances for Gloucestershire, the last of which came against Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
in the 1971 John Player League
1971 John Player League
The 1971 John Player League was the third competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the first time by Worcestershire County Cricket Club.-Standings:-Batting averages:-Bowling averages:...
. In these matches, he scored 13 runs at an average of 6.50, with a high score of 7 not out, while behind the stumps he took 13 catches and made 2 stumpings. He taught during the winter months, but with opportunities proving limited at Gloucestershire, he decided the leave the county and become a full time teacher. He later reminisced about his career, describing himself as a wicket-keeper "who chipped in with the bat on a good day".
He later taught mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
at Framlingham College
Framlingham College
Framlingham College is an independent, coeducational boarding and day school in the town of Framlingham, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. Together with its preparatory school, Brandeston Hall and Little Bears Nursery it serves pupils from 2 1/2 to eighteen years of age.-History of Framlingham...
in Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
, a position he held from 1973 to 1984. While teaching he played Minor counties cricket for Suffolk
Suffolk County Cricket Club
Suffolk County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Suffolk....
, making his debut for the county in the 1973 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire County Cricket Club
Hertfordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Hertfordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
. He played Minor counties cricket for Suffolk from 1973 to 1984, making 85 Minor Counties Championship and 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy
MCCA Knockout Trophy
The Minor Counties Cricket Association Knockout Cup was started in 1983 as a knockout one-day competition for the Minor Counties in English cricket...
appearances. In 1976, he played his final first-class match for the Minor Counties against the touring West Indians. In this match, he was dismissed for 4 runs by Bernard Julien
Bernard Julien
Bernard Denis Julien played 24 Tests and 12 One Day Internationals for the West Indies.He played in England for Kent and joined Packers World Series in 1977. He scored a century at Lords vs England in the 1973 test....
. In their second-innings he run out
Run out
Run out is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. It is governed by Law 38 of the Laws of cricket.-The rules:A batsman is out Run out if at any time while the ball is in play no part of his bat or person is grounded behind the popping crease and his wicket is fairly put down by the opposing...
for 7. He took 2 catches behind the stumps, both coming in the West Indians first-innings. He made his first List A appearance for Suffolk 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...
in the 1978 Gillette Cup
1978 Gillette Cup
The 1978 Gillette Cup was the sixteenth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 5 July and 2 September 1978...
. He made 5 further List A appearances for the county, the last of which came against 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...
in the 1983 NatWest Trophy
1983 NatWest Trophy
The 1983 NatWest Trophy was the 3rd NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 29 June and 3 September 1983. The tournament was won by Somerset County Cricket Club who defeated Kent County Cricket Club by 24 runs in the final at...
. In his 6 List A matches for Suffolk, he took scored 96 runs at an average of 19.20, with a high score of 28, while behind the stumps he took 11 catches. He later taught at Haileybury
Haileybury and Imperial Service College
Haileybury and Imperial Service College, , is a prestigious British independent school founded in 1862. The school is located at Hertford Heath, near Hertford, from central London, on of parkland occupied until 1858 by the East India College...
, where for 13 years held held the position of master
Master (college)
A Master is the title of the head of some colleges and other educational institutions. This applies especially at some colleges and institutions at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge .- See also :* Master A Master (or in female form Mistress) is the title of the head of some...
of the college. He later became the head of the Association of Governing Bodies of Independent Schools
Association of Governing Bodies of Independent Schools
The Association of Governing Bodies of Independent Schools - AGBIS is the supporting and advisory organisation for governing bodies of independent schools, under the sponsorship of the Independent Schools Council.-History:...
, a role he presently holds.
Westley attended Lancaster Grammar School with his twin brother, Roger
Roger Westley
Roger Bancroft Westley was an English cricketer. Westley was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Preston, Lancashire and was educated at Lancaster Grammar School....
, who he also played alongside with for Oxford University in first-class cricket, which remains one of the few times twins have appearing together in first-class cricket. His brother coached cricket at Haileybury, before dying in 1982.
External links
- Stuart Westley at ESPNcricinfo
- Stuart Westley at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...