# Neil Stanley

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**Neil Alan Stanley** (16 May 1968 – 7 August 2024) was an English cricketer. Stanley was a right-handed [batsman](/source/Batsman_(cricket)) who bowled right-arm [medium pace](/source/Seam_bowling). He was born in [Bedford](/source/Bedford) and educated at [Bedford Modern School](/source/Bedford_Modern_School).[1]

Stanley made his debut in [county cricket](/source/County_cricket) for [Bedfordshire](/source/Bedfordshire_County_Cricket_Club) in the 1987 [Minor Counties Championship](/source/Minor_Counties_Championship). He made four appearances in 1987,[2] and an appearance each in [MCCA Knockout Trophy](/source/MCCA_Knockout_Trophy) in 1988 and 1989.[3] In 1988, he played three Youth [One Day Internationals](/source/One_Day_International) for [England Young Cricketers](/source/England_Under-19_cricket_team), making an appearance each against [Australia Young Cricketers](/source/Australia_Under-19_cricket_team), [Pakistan Young Cricketers](/source/Pakistan_Under-19_cricket_team) and [New Zealand Young Cricketers](/source/New_Zealand_Under-19_cricket_team).[4]

Stanley made his [first-class](/source/First-class_cricket) debut for [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire_County_Cricket_Club) against [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club) in 1988. He made twenty further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against [Surrey](/source/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1992 County Championship](/source/1992_County_Championship).[5] In his twenty-one first-class matches, he scored 1,019 runs at an [average](/source/Batting_average_(cricket)) of 32.87, with a high score of 132.[6] This score, which was his only first-class [century](/source/Century_(cricket)), came against [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire_County_Cricket_Club) in a partnership worth 236 runs with [Allan Lamb](/source/Allan_Lamb).[7] His [List A](/source/List_A_cricket) debut for Northamptonshire came against [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1988 Benson & Hedges Cup](/source/1988_Benson_%26_Hedges_Cup). He made fourteen further List A appearances for the county, the last of which came against [Somerset](/source/Somerset_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1993 AXA Equity & Law League](/source/1993_AXA_Equity_%26_Law_League).[8] In his fifteen appearances in that format for Northamptonshire, Stanley scored 103 runs at an average of 10.30, with a high score of 18.[9] He left Northamptonshire at the end of the [1993 season](/source/1993_English_cricket_season).

He rejoined his native county for the [1994 season](/source/1994_English_cricket_season), playing [Minor counties](/source/Minor_counties_of_English_and_Welsh_cricket) cricket for Bedfordshire from 1994 to 2002, making a further 36 Minor Counties Championship[2] and 30 MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances.[3] He made his first List A appearance for Bedfordshire in the [1994 NatWest Trophy](/source/1994_NatWest_Trophy) against [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire_County_Cricket_Club). He made twelve further List A appearances for his home county, the last of which came against Warwickshire in the [2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy](/source/2003_Cheltenham_%26_Gloucester_Trophy).[8] In his thirteen List A appearances, he scored 295 runs at an average of 24.58, with a high score of 69.[9] This score, one of two [fifties](/source/Half_century) he made in that format for Bedfordshire, came against [Devon](/source/Devon_County_Cricket_Club) in the [2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy](/source/2002_Cheltenham_%26_Gloucester_Trophy).[10] With the ball, he took 9 wickets at a [bowling average](/source/Bowling_average) of 30.55, with best figures of 3/48.[11]

Stanley died on 7 August 2024, at the age of 56.[12]

## References

1. ["Bedford Modern School – Schools Cricket Online"](https://schoolscricketonline.co.uk/bedford-modern-school/)

1. ["Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Neil Stanley"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/9/9235/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

1. ["Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Neil Stanley"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/9/9235/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

1. ["Youth One-Day International Matches played by Neil Stanley"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121025193346/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/9/9235/Youth_One-Day_International_Matches.html). CricketArchive. Archived from [the original](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/9/9235/Youth_One-Day_International_Matches.html) on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

1. ["First-Class Matches played by Neil Stanley"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/9/9235/First-Class_Matches.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

1. ["First-Class Batting and Fielding by Neil Stanley"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/9/9235/f_Batting_by_Team.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

1. ["Lancashire v Northamptonshire, 1991 County Championship"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/54/54736.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

1. ["List A Matches played by Neil Stanley"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/9/9235/List_A_Matches.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

1. ["List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Neil Stanley"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/9/9235/a_Batting_by_Team.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

1. ["Devon v Bedfordshire, 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/73/73020.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

1. ["List A Bowling For Each Team by Neil Stanley"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/9/9235/a_Bowling_by_Team.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

1. ["Remembering Neil Stanley"](https://nccc.co.uk/news/remembering-neil-stanley/). *Northamptonshire CCC*. Retrieved 7 August 2024.

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