Nick Folland
{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Nick Folland
| image =
| country =
| fullname = Nicholas Arthur Folland
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|9|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bristol, England
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium
| role = Middle-order batsman
| family = Neil Folland (brother)
| club1 = Devon
| year1 = {{nowrap|1984–2001}}
| club2 = Somerset
| year2 = {{nowrap|1992–1994}}
| type1 = FC
| debutdate1 = 11 July
| debutyear1 = 1990
| debutfor1 = Minor Counties
| debutagainst1 = Indians
| lastdate1 = 15 August
| lastyear1 = 1994
| lastfor1 = Somerset
| lastagainst1 = Middlesex
| type2 = LA
| debutdate2 = 4 July
| debutyear2 = 1984
| debutfor2 = Devon
| debutagainst2 = Sussex
| lastdate2 = 1 May
| lastyear2 = 2001
| lastfor2 = Devon
| lastagainst2 = Shropshire
| columns = 2
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 32
| runs1 = 1,755
| bat avg1 = 34.41
| 100s/50s1 = 2/10
| top score1 = 108*
| deliveries1 = –
| wickets1 = –
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 206/–
| column2 = List A
| matches2 = 68
| runs2 = 2,058
| bat avg2 = 33.19
| 100s/50s2 = 3/15
| top score2 = 107*
| deliveries2 = 26
| wickets2 = 1
| bowl avg2 = 55.00
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 1/52
| catches/stumpings2 = 35/–
| date = 8 December
| year = 2008
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3548/3548.html CricketArchive
}}
Nicholas Arthur Folland (born 17 September 1963) is a former first-class cricketer, who represented Somerset County Cricket Club between 1992 and 1994.{{Cite web|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/12861.html|title = Nick Folland}} He is now a school headmaster.
Life and career
Nick Folland studied at Loughborough University, gaining a BSc and a PGCE.{{cite web |title=New Headmaster Announcement |date=21 November 2014|url=https://www.sherborneprep.org/news/new-headmaster-announcement |website=Sherborne Preparatory School |accessdate=27 August 2020}} After graduating, he taught young deaf people for three years before joining the staff at Blundell's School in Devon.
Folland came into county cricket unusually late; following success at Minor Counties level with Devon, he was persuaded by Somerset that he could combine his teaching with a professional cricket career and made his debut in regular first-class cricket in 1992, at the age of 28. He had played one first-class match earlier for the Minor Counties representative side against the Indian tourists in 1990.
Folland went on to play 32 first-class matches and 68 at List A level. The highlight of his career was the two first-class centuries in a match that he made in 1993 against Sussex.{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/57/57495.html|title = The Home of CricketArchive}} These turned out to be the only two first-class hundreds of his career. He left regular cricket midway through the 1994 season, deciding, according to Wisden, that "regular first-class cricket was not for him".{{Cite book | title = Wisden Cricketers' Almanack | edition = 1995 | publisher = Wisden | chapter = Somerset in 1994| page = 583 }}
He was the Head of Blundell's preparatory school for ten years. He became Head of St John's on the Hill Preparatory School in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, in 2011. From 2015 to 2021, he was Headmaster of Sherborne Prep.{{citation |url=https://www.sherborne.org/news/2021-03-31/new-appointment-head-of-sherborne-preparatory-school |title=New Appointment - Head Of Sherborne Preparatory School |website=Sherborne School |accessdate=28 December 2023}}
His brother, Neil, taught at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys School with his Devon teammate Doug Yeabsley.
References
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External links
- {{cricinfo|id=12861}}
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Category:Minor Counties cricketers
Category:Devon cricket captains
Category:Cricketers from Bristol
Category:Alumni of Loughborough University