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Full name
  
William Turner Jolley

1947
  
Lancashire

1949–1956
  
Staffordshire


Bowling style
  
Right-arm fast

Batting style
  
Right-handed

Name
  
William Jolley

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Born
  
3 August 1923
Smallthorne, Staffordshire, England

Died
  
28 April 1995(1995-04-28) (aged 71) Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England

William Turner Jolley (3 August 1923 – 28 April 1995) was an English cricketer. Jolley was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Smallthorne, Staffordshire.

Jolley made his first-class debut for Lancashire against Nottinghamshire at Old Trafford in the 1947 County Championship, with him playing one further first-class match in that same season against Hampshire. He took 5 wickets in his two matches, with best figures of 4/31, while with the bat he scored 21 runs with a high score of 13. After leaving Lancashire, Jolley debuted in minor counties cricket for Staffordshire against Durham in the 1949 Minor Counties Championship. He played minor counties cricket for Staffordshire until 1956, making a total of 25 appearances.

He died at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire on 28 April 1995.

References

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