Bernarr Notley

{{Short description|English cricketer (1918–2019)}}

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{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Bernarr Notley

| image = Bill Notley cricketer.jpg

| country = England

| fullname =

| nickname = Bill

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|8|31|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Mapperley, Nottinghamshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|1|22|1918|8|31|df=yes}}

| death_place = Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off break

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Nottinghamshire

| year1 = 1949

| clubnumber1 =

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 0

| bat avg1 = 0.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 0

| deliveries1 = 168

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 90.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 1/90

| catches/stumpings1 = 0/–

| date = 28 January 2019

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18170.html Cricinfo

}}

Bernarr "Bill" Notley (31 August 1918 – 22 January 2019){{cite web |title=Bill Notley |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31759/31759.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=28 January 2019}} was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break.

Notley made a single first-class appearance for Nottinghamshire against Surrey at The Oval in the 1949 County Championship.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31759/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Bernarr Notley|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=22 May 2012}} Surrey won the toss and elected to bat first, making 491/6 declared, with Notley taking the wicket of David Fletcher to finish with figures of 1/90 from 28 overs. In response, Nottinghamshire made 213/8 in their first innings, during which Notley was dismissed for a duck by Alec Bedser. No play was possible on the final day of the game, with a draw the end result.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19022.html|title=Surrey v Nottinghamshire, 1949 County Championship|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=22 May 2012}}

Notley was a regular member of the Nottinghamshire Second XI from 1949 to 1955. His selection for his only first-class match followed his performance in a Second XI match a few days earlier when he took 9 for 86 and 5 for 53 against Warwickshire Second XI.{{cite web |title=Warwickshire Second XI v Nottinghamshire Second XI 1949 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/90/90408.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=29 January 2019}}

He worked for the Nottinghamshire County Council, where he was Deputy Director of Social Services before he retired.{{cite web |title=Bill Notley Passes Away |date=1 February 2019|url=https://www.trentbridge.co.uk/news/2019/february/bill-notley-passes-away.html |website=Trent Bridge |accessdate=6 November 2019}}