{{Short description|South African cricketer (1937–2022)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Colin Wesley | image = Colin Wesley.jpg | caption = Wesley in 1960 | fullname = | nickname = Tich | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1937|9|5}} | birth_place = Durban, Natal, Union of South Africa | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2022|3|5|1937|9|5}} | death_place = Johannesburg, South Africa | heightft = 5 | heightinch = 4.5<ref name="LD">Louis Duffus, "The South African Cricket Team", ''The Cricketer'', Spring Annual, 1960, p. 5.</ref> | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox | club1 = South African Universities | year1 = {{nowrap|1956/57–1957/58}} | club2 = Natal | year2 = 1957/58–1965/66 | columns = 3 | column1 = Test | matches1 = 3 | runs1 = 49 | bat avg1 = 9.80 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 35 | deliveries1 = 0 | wickets1 = – | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1= 1/– | column2 = FC | matches2 = 51 | runs2 = 1,892 | bat avg2 = 27.02 | 100s/50s2 = 3/8 | top score2 = 131 | deliveries2 = 918 | wickets2 = 15 | bowl avg2 = 23.60 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 4/51 | catches/stumpings2= 20/– | column3 = LA | matches3 = 3 | runs3 = 8 | bat avg3 = 2.66 | 100s/50s3 = 0/0 | top score3 = 7 | deliveries3 = 12 | wickets3 = 0 | bowl avg3 = – | fivefor3 = – | tenfor3 = – | best bowling3 = – | catches/stumpings3= 3/– | international = true | country = South Africa | testdebutagainst = England | testdebutdate = 23 June | testdebutyear = 1960 | lasttestdate = 21 July | lasttestagainst = England | lasttestyear = 1960 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/47879.html Cricinfo | date = 30 April | year = 2022 }} '''Colin''' "'''Tich'''" '''Wesley''' (5 September 1937 – 5 March 2022) was a South African cricketer who played in three Test matches in 1960.
Wesley played first-class cricket for Natal from 1957 to 1966 as a middle-order batsman and left-arm spin bowler. He toured England with the South African team in 1960. His highest first-class score was 131, made after Natal followed on against the New Zealanders in 1961–62.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/25/25313.html| title = Natal v New Zealanders 1961-62| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 24 January 2017}}</ref> His only century in the Currie Cup came in his last first-class season, when he captained Natal B against North Eastern Transvaal and made 120 in the first innings, the only century in the match.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/27/27918.html| title = Natal B v North Eastern Transvaal 1965-66| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 24 January 2017}}</ref>
He briefly returned to provincial cricket to captain the Natal team, which played under the name "C. Wesley's XI", in the first season of South Africa's domestic List A competition in 1969–70; they lost the final by two runs.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30747.html| title = C Wesley's XI v EJ Barlow's XI 1969-70| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 15 December 2016}}</ref>
He owned Wesley's, a chain of tobacco stores in South Africa.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.wesleys.co.za/franchises.htm| title = History of Wesley's| publisher = Wesley's| access-date = 15 December 2016| archive-date = 8 September 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220908044332/http://www.wesleys.co.za/franchises.htm| url-status = dead}}</ref> He died at home in Johannesburg on 5 March 2022, at the age of 84.<ref>{{cite web |title=Colin's Blog |url=http://www.wesleys.co.za/siteguide.html |website=Wesley's |access-date=23 March 2022}}</ref>
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