Jack Foster (cricketer)
English cricketer and army officer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jack Heygate Nedham Foster (8 September 1905 – 16 November 1976) was an English army officer and cricketer. He was born at Rochester in Kent and educated at Harrow School.[1][2]
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Full name | Jack Heygate Nedham Foster | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1905-09-08)8 September 1905 Rochester, Kent | ||||||||||||||
Died | 16 November 1976(1976-11-16) (aged 71) Edenbridge, Kent | ||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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1930 | Kent | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 2 February 2012 |
Foster played in the Harrow cricket XI in 1923 and made ten appearances for Kent County Cricket Club's Second XI in 1924–1925, scoring a century against Norfolk.[1][3] He attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, playing cricket against Royal Military Academy, Woolwich in July 1925,[1] before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Buffs in February 1926.[4]
Foster made two trial appearances for Kent in the 1930 County Championship. His first-class cricket debut came against Middlesex at Folkestone on 9 July and he played again in the county's following fixture against Surrey at Blackheath.[1] The trial was not a success and these were Foster's only first-class appearances.[3] He played twice for the Army team in 1934 against the Public Schools.[1] His Wisden obituary describes him as a "good stylist" who was "quick on his feet, with a beautiful pair of wrists" when playing at school.[3]
After retiring from the army with the rank of captain, Foster died at Edenbridge, Kent, in November 1976, aged 71.[3]