Richard Kingscote Whiley (10 October 1935 – 24 July 2026) was an English cricketer. Whiley was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire and educated at Malvern College.
Whiley made a single first-class appearance for Gloucestershire against the touring Pakistanis at the College Ground, Cheltenham in 1954. In this match he batted twice, scoring 7 not out and 4 not out, in what was a drawn match. This was his only major appearance for Gloucestershire. Four years later, while studying at Brasenose College, Oxford, he made a single first-class appearance for Oxford University Cricket Club against Lancashire at University Parks, Oxford. In the Oxford first-innings, Whiley was dismissed for 4 runs by Roy Tattersall, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 2 runs by the same bowler, with a low scoring encounter ending in a draw.
In 1964, Whiley made his debut for Dorset in the Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Dorset from 1964 to 1967, making a total of 36 Minor Counties Championship appearances.
Whiley was a schoolmaster at Clifton College and then moved to Australia as a history and economics teacher at Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore School) between 1968 and 1990. He died at Hornsby Hospital on 24 July 2026.
References
External links Richard Whiley at ESPNcricinfo Richard Whiley at CricketArchive