Jim Galley
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| Full name | James Martyn Galley | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 October 1944 Bristol, England | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 October 2012 (aged 68) Bath, Somerset, England | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1969 | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 16 August 1969 Somerset v Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 12 September 1969 Somerset v Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Only LA | 17 August 1969 Somerset v Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 31 December 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
James Martyn Galley (4 October 1944 – 4 October 2012) played first-class cricket for Somerset in three matches in the 1969 season. He also played in one List A match for Somerset.
Galley was a right-handed middle-order batsman. He played for Somerset's second eleven as a batsman from 1964 to 1973 in the
Headingley, when he and Roy Palmer played out 15 overs from Test bowlers Don Wilson and Geoff Cope without scoring to save the match.[2] But overall, he had little success, making just 27 runs in six innings, with a top score of 17 in his final first-class match against Kent.[3]
Galley reappeared in
Galley was also a well-known
scrum-half for Bath
and Somerset.
Galley died at Bath on 4 October 2012.[5]
References
- ^ "First-class Matches played by Jim Galley". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
- ^ "Yorkshire in 1969". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1970 ed.). Wisden. p. 622.
- ^ "Scorecard: Kent v Somerset". www.cricketarchive.com. 10 September 1969. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
- ^ "Minor Counties Matches played by Jim Galley". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
- ^ "Sportsman served clubs as player and administrator". www.thisisbath.co.uk. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2012.