Wesley Ferris

Infobox Old Cricketer


nationality = Irish
country = Ireland
country abbrev = Ire
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngname = Wesley Ferris
batting style = Right-handed batsman
bowling style = Right-arm medium-pace
FCs = 2
FC runs = 10
FC bat avg = 10.00
FC 100s/50s = 0/0
FC top score = 4*
FC balls = 294
FC wickets = 4
FC bowl avg = 36.00
FC 5s = 0
FC 10s = 0
FC best bowling = 4/106
FC catches/stumpings = 0/0
debut date = 30 June
debut year = 1956
last date = 1 September
last year = 1956
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26747/26747.html Cricket Archive

Stewart Wesley Ferris (born 2 May 1927 in County Armagh; died 28 May 2001 in Ireland [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26747/26747.html Cricket Archive profile] ] ) usually known by his middle name as Weslet Ferris was an Irish cricketer.

A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler, he played three times for the Ireland cricket team in 1956. [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire92.htm CricketEurope Stats Zone profile] ] He made his debut in June against Scotland in a first-class match [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26747/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Wesley Ferris at Cricket Archive] ] , taking four wickets in the Scotland first innings which were his only first-class wickets. In August, he played a drawn two-day game against Sussex, taking the only two wickets to fall in the Sussex first innings before the game finished. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/100/100585.html Scorecard of Ireland v Sussex match in August 1956 at Cricket Archive] ] The following month he played his final match against the MCC, a first-class match in which he met without success as a bowler, not taking a wicket in the match, and scoring seven runs in total in the match without being dismissed.

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