Richard Whiley

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| country = England

| fullname = Richard Kingscote Whiley

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1935|10|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England

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| batting = Right-handed

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| club1 = Dorset

| year1 = 1964–1967

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| club2 = Oxford University

| year2 = 1958

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| club3 = Gloucestershire

| year3 = 1954

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 17

| bat avg1 = 8.50

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 7*

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| date = 21 November

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22893.html Cricinfo

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Richard Kingscote Whiley (born 10 October 1935) is a former English cricketer. Whiley was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire and educated at Malvern College.

Whiley made a single first-class appearance for Gloucestershire against the touring Pakistanis at the College Ground, Cheltenham in 1954.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33775/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Richard Whiley|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=21 November 2011}} In this match he batted twice, scoring 7 not out and 4 not out, in what was a drawn match.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21271.html|title=Gloucestershire v Pakistanis, 1954|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=21 November 2011}} This was his only major appearance for Gloucestershire. Four years later, while studying at Brasenose College, Oxford, he made a single first-class appearance for Oxford University Cricket Club against Lancashire at University Parks, Oxford. In the Oxford first-innings, Whiley was dismissed for 4 runs by Roy Tattersall, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 2 runs by the same bowler, with a low scoring encounter ending in a draw.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22895.html|title=Oxford University v Lancashire, 1958|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=21 November 2011}}

In 1964, Whiley made his debut for Dorset in the Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Dorset from 1964 to 1967, making a total of 36 Minor Counties Championship appearances.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33775/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Richard Whiley|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=21 November 2011}}