Col Westaway

{{short description|Australian cricketer}}

{{Special draft pending|date=March 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Col Westaway

| image =

| country =

| fullname = Colin Edward Westaway

| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|8|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Brisbane, Australia

| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|10|15|1936|8|27|df=yes}}

| death_place = Moggill, Queensland, Australia

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm leg-spin

| club1 = Queensland

| year1 = 1957–58 to 1963–64

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 19

| runs1 = 207

| bat avg1 = 13.80

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 33

| deliveries1 = 2,949

| wickets1 = 52

| bowl avg1 = 32.75

| fivefor1 = 2

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 6/88

| catches/stumpings1= 20/–

| date = 30 June

| year = 2024

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/col-westaway-8337 Cricinfo

}}

Colin Edward Westaway (27 August 1936 – 15 October 2015) was an Australian cricketer. He played 19 first-class matches for Queensland between 1957 and 1964.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/8337.html |title=Col Westaway |accessdate=23 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}

Westaway was a leg-spin bowler and tail-end batsman. He achieved his best bowling figures of 6 for 88 and his highest score of 33 in the same match, the opening match of the 1960–61 Sheffield Shield, against New South Wales in Brisbane.{{cite web |title=Queensland v New South Wales 1960-61 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1960-61/AUS_LOCAL/SS/QLD_NSW_SS_21-25OCT1960.html |website=Cricinfo |access-date=30 June 2024}} Illness ended his first-class career after the 1963–64 season.{{cite web |last1=Logan |first1=Lloyd |title=Col Westaway, Queensland Leggie |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33a3yR05Dg8 |website=YouTube |access-date=30 June 2024}}

A cricket ground in the Brisbane suburb of Moggill is named the Col Westaway Oval in his honour.