Myles de Vries

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox cricketer

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| country = England

| fullname = Myles Fallows de Vries

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1940}}

| birth_place = Harwich, Essex, England

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| batting = Unknown

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| club1 = Berkshire

| year1 = 1958

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 5

| bat avg1 = 2.50

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 4

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 6 February

| year = 2019

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/23978.html Cricinfo

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Myles Fallows de Vries (born 1940) is a former English first-class cricketer.

Born at Harwich, de Vries played minor counties cricket for Berkshire in 1958, making two appearances in the Minor Counties Championship against Cornwall and Oxfordshire.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/26/26653/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Myles de Vries |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-02-06 |url-access=subscription}} He later played first-class cricket in Kenya for a Coast Cricket Association XI against a touring Pakistan International Airlines team at Mombasa in 1964.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/26/26653/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Myles de Vries |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-02-06 |url-access=subscription}} Batting twice during the match, de Vries was dismissed by Afaq Hussain for 4 runs in the Coast Cricket Association XI first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for a single run by Farooq Hamid.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26933.html |title=Coast Cricket Association v Pakistan International Airlines, 1964 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-09-28}} He later moved to Thailand, where he is credited with starting the Chiang Mai Sixes in 1988.{{cite news|url=http://www.chiangmai-mail.com/128/sports.shtml|title=Chiang Mai Sixes bowls more supporters with friendship, and sporting fun|work=Chiang Mai Mail|first=Geoff|last=Thompson|accessdate=2019-02-06}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/sports/343199/seasons-in-the-sun|title=Seasons in the sun |date=2013-03-31|work=Bangkok Post|first=Kamal|last=Kumar|accessdate=2019-02-06}} He was previously employed by New Zealand Insurance and played cricket for the Royal Bangkok Sports Club. In recent years de Vries has been using a wheelchair.