Jake Foley

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Jake Foley

| image = Jake Foley - Batting.jpg

| caption = Foley batting for Suffolk in 2018

| alt = A colour photograph of a cricketer batting

| country = England

| fullname = Jake Matthew Foley

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|9|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Colchester, Essex, England

| heightft = 6

| heightinch = 2

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Leg break

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = 2014

| club2 = Suffolk

| year2 = 2018–2019

| columns = 1

| column1 = List A

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 0

| bat avg1 = –

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = –

| deliveries1 = 0

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 12 August

| year = 2015

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/742803.html Cricinfo

}}

Jake Matthew Foley (born 21 September 1994) is an English former cricketer.

Foley was born in Colchester in September 1994. He was educated at Felsted School, before matriculating to Southampton Solent University.{{cite news|url=https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/sport/11273566.foley-comes-into-south-wilts-fold-for-lymington/|title=Foley comes into South Wilts' fold for Lymington|first=Mike|last=Vimpany|work=Salisbury Journal|date=13 June 2014|access-date=18 September 2024}} Prior to his matriculation, he played club cricket in Essex for Colchester and East Essex, for whom he took 31 wickets for in 2013 with his leg break bowling. Upon moving to university, he joined South Wilts in the Southern Premier Cricket League. He played for Hampshire in 2014, making a single appearance in List A one-day match against Sri Lanka A at the Rose Bowl.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/435/435700/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Jake Foley|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 September 2024|url-access=subscription}} The match was abandoned after 18 overs, with Foley not being called on to bowl in the Sri Lankan A innings.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/708691.html|title=Tour Match: Hampshire v Sri Lanka A at Southampton, Aug 14, 2014|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=12 August 2015}}

Having won the Southern Premier Cricket League with South Wilts, he later returned to play club cricket for Colchester and East Essex, with Foley being appointed club captain in 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/sport/15230757.jake-foley-appointed-colchester-and-east-essex-captain/|title=Jake Foley appointed Colchester and East Essex captain|first=Jonathan|last=Waldron|work=Essex County Standard|location=Colchester|date=19 April 2017|access-date=18 September 2024}} Foley played minor counties cricket for Suffolk in 2018 and 2019, making three appearances in the Minor Counties Championship,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/435/435700/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Jake Foley|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 September 2024|url-access=subscription}} four in the MCCA Knockout Trophy,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/435/435700/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Jake Foley|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 September 2024|url-access=subscription}} and sixteen in the Minor Counties T20.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/435/435700/Minor_Counties_Twenty20_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Twenty20 Matches played by Jake Foley|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 September 2024|url-access=subscription}}