# Clive Radley

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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer 
| name               = Clive Radley 
| image              = 
| country            = England 
| fullname           = Clive Thornton Radley
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1944|5|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place        = [Hertford](/source/Hertford), England
|            heightft = 5
|          heightinch = 10
| batting            = Right-handed
| bowling            = Leg-break 
|       international = true
|       testdebutdate = 24 February
|       testdebutyear = 1978
|    testdebutagainst = New Zealand
|             testcap = 478
|        lasttestdate = 24 August
|        lasttestyear = 1978
|     lasttestagainst = New Zealand
|        odidebutdate = 24 May
|        odidebutyear = 1978
|     odidebutagainst = Pakistan
|              odicap = 47
|         lastodidate = 17 July
|         lastodiyear = 1978
|      lastodiagainst = New Zealand
|               club1 = [Norfolk](/source/Norfolk_County_Cricket_Club)
|               year1 = 1961
|               club2 = [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club)
|               year2 = 1962–1990
|               club3 = [Auckland](/source/Auckland_Aces)
|               year3 = 1984/85
| columns            = 4 
| column1            = [Test](/source/Test_cricket) 
| matches1           = 8 
| runs1              = 481 
| bat avg1           = 48.10 
| 100s/50s1          = 2/2 
| top score1         = 158 
| deliveries1        = – 
| wickets1           = – 
| bowl avg1          = – 
| fivefor1           = – 
| tenfor1            = – 
| best bowling1      = – 
| catches/stumpings1 = 4/– 
| column2            = [ODI](/source/One_Day_International) 
| matches2           = 4 
| runs2              = 250 
| bat avg2           = 83.33 
| 100s/50s2          = 1/1 
| top score2         = 117* 
| deliveries2        = – 
| wickets2           = – 
| bowl avg2          = – 
| fivefor2           = – 
| tenfor2            = –
| best bowling2      = – 
| catches/stumpings2 = 0/– 
| column3            = [FC](/source/First-class_cricket) 
| matches3           = 559 
| runs3              = 26,441 
| bat avg3           = 35.44 
| 100s/50s3          = 46/139 
| top score3         = 200 
| deliveries3        = 278 
| wickets3           = 8 
| bowl avg3          = 20.00 
| fivefor3           = 0
| tenfor3            = 0 
| best bowling3      = 2/38 
| catches/stumpings3 = 516/– 
| column4            = [LA](/source/List_A_cricket) 
| matches4           = 409
| runs4              = 10,476 
| bat avg4           = 30.54 
| 100s/50s4          = 7/57 
| top score4         = 133* 
| deliveries4        = 25 
| wickets4           = 1
| bowl avg4          = 18.00 
| fivefor4           = 0
| tenfor4            = 0
| best bowling4      = 1/2 
| catches/stumpings4 = 138/–
| date               = 9 April 
| year               = 2013 
| source             = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Middlesex/Players/1/1551/1551.html CricketArchive
}}
'''Clive Thornton Radley''' {{post-nominals|MBE}} (born 13 May 1944)<ref name="Cap">{{cite book |title=If The Cap Fits |last=Bateman |first=Colin |year=1993 |publisher=Tony Williams Publications |isbn=1-869833-21-X |page= 136 }}<!--|accessdate=27 April 2011--></ref> is an English former [cricket](/source/cricket)er, who played eight [Test matches](/source/Test_cricket) and four [One Day International](/source/One_Day_International)s for [England](/source/England_cricket_team). He was selected as one of the five [Wisden Cricketers of the Year](/source/Wisden_Cricketers_of_the_Year) in 1979.

==County career==
Radley represented [Norfolk](/source/Norfolk_County_Cricket_Club) in 8 [Minor County](/source/Minor_Counties_Championship) matches in 1961 and [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club) in 62 2nd XI matches (1962–90) and 520 First-class matches for the 1st XI (1964–87), making 46 hundreds, with a best of 200. He also played for [Auckland](/source/Auckland_Aces) in [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) in 1984/85.

Radley was part of a successful Middlesex side which won the [County Championship](/source/County_Championship) outright in [1976](/source/1976_County_Championship), [1980](/source/1980_County_Championship), [1982](/source/1982_County_Championship)  and [1985](/source/1985_County_Championship), and also shared it with [Kent](/source/Kent_CCC) in [1977](/source/1977_County_Championship).  He also enjoyed success in one-day tournaments, especially in one-day finals played on his county home ground at [Lord’s](/source/Lord%E2%80%99s).  He top-scored for his county in their victories in the final of the [1977 Gillette Cup](/source/1977_Gillette_Cup),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1977/ENG_LOCAL/GLTE/KNOCK-OUTS/GLAM_MIDDX_GLTE-FINAL_03SEP1977.html|title=Glamorgan v Middlesex at Lord's 1986|publisher=[Cricinfo](/source/Cricinfo)|access-date=18 Mar 2022}}</ref> the [1983 Benson & Hedges Cup](/source/1983_Benson_%26_Hedges_Cup),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1983/ENG_LOCAL/B+H/MIDDX_ESSEX_B+H_23JUL1983.html|title=Middlesex v Essex at Lord's|publisher=[Cricinfo](/source/Cricinfo)|access-date=18 Mar 2022}}</ref> the [1984 NatWest Trophy](/source/1984_NatWest_Trophy),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1984/ENG_LOCAL/NWT/KNOCK-OUTS/KENT_MIDDX_NWT-FINAL_01SEP1984.html |title=Kent v Middlesex at Lord's 1984 |publisher=[Cricinfo](/source/Cricinfo)|access-date=18 Mar 2022}}</ref> and the [1986 Benson & Hedges Cup](/source/1986_Benson_%26_Hedges_Cup),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1986/ENG_LOCAL/B+H/KENT_MIDDX_B+H_12JUL1986.html|title=Kent v Middlesex at Lord's 1986 |publisher=[Cricinfo](/source/Cricinfo)|access-date=18 Mar 2022}}</ref> winning the [man of the match](/source/man_of_the_match) award in all of these except the latter. He was also part of the Middlesex side which won the [1980 Gillette Cup](/source/1980_Gillette_Cup).

==Test career==
Radley's batting average in Tests (48.10) was substantially higher than he achieved in all [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) (35.44), despite his not making his Test debut until the comparatively advanced age of thirty-three.<ref name="Cap"/> Also an acclaimed fieldsman, after years of scurrying accumulation for Middlesex, [Mike Brearley](/source/Mike_Brearley)'s accession to the England [captaincy](/source/Captain_(cricket)) did his international cause no harm. His brief Test career, however, was ended prematurely by a bad blow to the head in the first match on the 1978/79 tour of [Australia](/source/Australia).  He made two test centuries, his highest score being an innings of 158 against [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand_cricket_team) which lasted nearly 11 hours,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-new-zealand-1977-78-61774/new-zealand-vs-england-3rd-test-63205/full-scorecard|title= Full scorecard of New Zealand vs England, 3rd test, 1977-8|publisher=[Cricinfo](/source/Cricinfo)|access-date=18 Mar 2022}}</ref> made in [Geoff Boycott](/source/Geoff_Boycott)’s last test as England captain.

==One-day international Career==
Radley also ended his career with an unusually high average in [one-day internationals](/source/ODI_cricket) of 83.33, assisted by the fact that he is one of the few international cricketers to make a century in his last One Day International, an unbeaten 117 against [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand_cricket_team) in 1978. He was also named both [man of the match](/source/man_of_the_match), and [man of the series](/source/man_of_the_series), in this last appearance.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/england-v-new-zealand-1978-150301|title=England v New Zealand 1978|publisher=[Cricinfo](/source/Cricinfo)|access-date=18 Mar 2022}}</ref> All of his four internationals, like all of his test matches, were played in 1978.

==Post-retirement==
On his retirement as a player, he served as the 2nd XI coach of Middlesex (1988–90) until his appointment as [Marylebone Cricket Club](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club) (MCC) head [coach](/source/Coach_(sports)) in 1991 (in succession to [Don Wilson](/source/Don_Wilson_(cricketer))) where he remained until his retirement in 2009.<ref name="Cap"/> He was appointed [Member of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Member_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (MBE) in the [2008 New Year Honours](/source/New_Year_Honours_2008) for services to cricket.<ref>[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/328050.html Radley and Heyhoe-Flint honoured], [Cricinfo](/source/Cricinfo), Retrieved on 29 December 2007</ref>

He was elected to serve for a two-year term as the 22nd President of [Middlesex County Cricket Club](/source/Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club) at its 149th Annual General Meeting at Lord's in April 2013 succeeding Geoff Norris.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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