Colin Wesley

{{Short description|South African cricketer (1937–2022)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Colin Wesley

| image = Colin Wesley.jpg

| caption = Wesley in 1960

| fullname =

| nickname = Tich

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1937|9|5}}

| birth_place = Durban, Natal, Union of South Africa

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2022|3|5|1937|9|5}}

| death_place = Johannesburg, South Africa

| heightft = 5

| heightinch = 4.5Louis Duffus, "The South African Cricket Team", The Cricketer, Spring Annual, 1960, p. 5.

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox

| club1 = South African Universities

| year1 = {{nowrap|1956/57–1957/58}}

| club2 = Natal

| year2 = 1957/58–1965/66

| columns = 3

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 49

| bat avg1 = 9.80

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 35

| deliveries1 = 0

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1= 1/–

| column2 = FC

| matches2 = 51

| runs2 = 1,892

| bat avg2 = 27.02

| 100s/50s2 = 3/8

| top score2 = 131

| deliveries2 = 918

| wickets2 = 15

| bowl avg2 = 23.60

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 4/51

| catches/stumpings2= 20/–

| column3 = LA

| matches3 = 3

| runs3 = 8

| bat avg3 = 2.66

| 100s/50s3 = 0/0

| top score3 = 7

| deliveries3 = 12

| wickets3 = 0

| bowl avg3 = –

| fivefor3 = –

| tenfor3 = –

| best bowling3 = –

| catches/stumpings3= 3/–

| international = true

| country = South Africa

| testdebutagainst = England

| testdebutdate = 23 June

| testdebutyear = 1960

| lasttestdate = 21 July

| lasttestagainst = England

| lasttestyear = 1960

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/47879.html Cricinfo

| date = 30 April

| year = 2022

}}

Colin "Tich" Wesley (5 September 1937 – 5 March 2022) was a South African cricketer who played in three Test matches in 1960.

Wesley played first-class cricket for Natal from 1957 to 1966 as a middle-order batsman and left-arm spin bowler. He toured England with the South African team in 1960. His highest first-class score was 131, made after Natal followed on against the New Zealanders in 1961–62.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/25/25313.html| title = Natal v New Zealanders 1961-62| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 24 January 2017}} His only century in the Currie Cup came in his last first-class season, when he captained Natal B against North Eastern Transvaal and made 120 in the first innings, the only century in the match.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/27/27918.html| title = Natal B v North Eastern Transvaal 1965-66| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 24 January 2017}}

He briefly returned to provincial cricket to captain the Natal team, which played under the name "C. Wesley's XI", in the first season of South Africa's domestic List A competition in 1969–70; they lost the final by two runs.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30747.html| title = C Wesley's XI v EJ Barlow's XI 1969-70| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 15 December 2016}}

He owned Wesley's, a chain of tobacco stores in South Africa.{{cite web| url = http://www.wesleys.co.za/franchises.htm| title = History of Wesley's| publisher = Wesley's| access-date = 15 December 2016| archive-date = 8 September 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220908044332/http://www.wesleys.co.za/franchises.htm| url-status = dead}} He died at home in Johannesburg on 5 March 2022, at the age of 84.{{cite web |title=Colin's Blog |url=http://www.wesleys.co.za/siteguide.html |website=Wesley's |access-date=23 March 2022}}