Stanley Metcalfe

Stanley Gordon Metcalfe (20 June 1932 – 16 September 2017) was an English first-class cricketer. He played first-class cricket on 27 occasions, mostly for Oxford University and the Free Foresters.

Stanley Metcalfe
Personal information
Full name
Stanley Gordon Metcalfe
Born20 June 1932
Horsforth, Yorkshire, England
Died16 September 2017(2017-09-16) (aged 85)
Alton, Hampshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1954–1956Oxford University
1961Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 27
Runs scored 1,200
Batting average 25.53
100s/50s 2/6
Top score 133*
Balls bowled 668
Wickets 9
Bowling average 39.11
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 2/32
Catches/stumpings 11/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 June 2019

Life and first-class cricket

Metcalfe was born at Horsforth in June 1932 and attended the nearby Leeds Grammar School. From there he went up to Pembroke College, Oxford.[1] While at Oxford he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Gloucestershire in 1954 at Oxford.[2] He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1956, making seventeen appearances.[2] He scored 595 runs in his seventeen matches, an average of 20.51 and a high score of 75.[3] He first played for the Free Foresters in 1958, playing in seven first-class matches for them between 1958–68.[2] It was for the Free Foresters that he made his highest first-class score, with 133 not out against Oxford University in 1959,[4] one of two centuries he made and 543 runs he scored for the Free Foresters.[3] Metcalfe also appeared in one first-class match for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Cambridge University at Lord's in 1961, as well as two matches for D. R. Jardine's XI in 1958.[2]

After graduating from Oxford, he worked for Rank Hovis McDougall from 1959, later becoming their chairman.[5] He lived out his final years in Alton, Hampshire, before dying in September 2017 following a long illness.[6]

References
  1. The International Who's Who 1992–93. Taylor & Francis. 1992. p. 1102. ISBN 0946653844.
  2. "First-Class Matches played by Stanley Metcalfe". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  3. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Stanley Metcalfe". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  4. "Oxford University v Free Foresters, 1959". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  5. The Shorter Wisden 2019: The Best Writing from Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2019. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2019. p. 270. ISBN 978-1472963871.
  6. "Metcalfe – Death Announcements". The Daily Telegraph. 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
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