{{Short description|English cricketer}} {{EngvarB|date=September 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Neville Foster | country = England | fullname = Neville John Acland Foster | birth_date = {{Birth date|1890|9|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = Malvern, Worcestershire, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1978|1|8|1890|9|28|df=yes}} | death_place = Malvern, Worcestershire, England | batting = Right-handed | club1 = Worcestershire | year1 = 1914–1923 | type1 = First-class | debutdate1 = 27 May | debutyear1 = 1914 | debutfor1 = Worcestershire | debutagainst1 = Middlesex | lastdate1 = 18 August | lastyear1 = 1923 | lastfor1 = Worcestershire | lastagainst1 = Sussex | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 8 | runs1 = 219 | bat avg1 = 21.90 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 40* | deliveries1 = 0 | wickets1 = – | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 5/0 | date = 30 December | year = 2007 | source = http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29497/29497.html CricketArchive }}
'''Neville John Acland Foster''' (1890–1978), generally known as Jonny, was an English cricketer.<ref>[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/13156.html Cricinfo profile]</ref> A right-handed batsman,<ref name="CAP">[http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29497/29497.html CricketArchive profile]</ref> he was the youngest of seven brothers to play first-class cricket for Worcestershire, though his county cricket was restricted to two seasons as he spent most of his life in Malaya.<ref name="WisObit">Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1979, [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228567.html Obituaries in 1978]</ref>
==Biography==
Born on 28 September 1890 in Malvern,<ref name="CAP" /> Foster played twice for the Federated Malay States against the Straits Settlements in 1911 and 1912,<ref name="OthM">[http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29497/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Neville Foster] at CricketArchive</ref> he made his first-class debut for his native Worcestershire in May 1914 when he played in a County Championship match against Middlesex. He played in two further matches that season.<ref name="FCM">[http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29497/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Neville Foster] at CricketArchive</ref>
Back in Malaya, he played a third match for the Federated Malay States against the Straits Settlements in Kuala Lumpur in 1922,<ref name="OthM" /> before returning to England for his final season of first-class cricket. He played five County Championship matches for Worcestershire that season,<ref name="FCM" /> his availability restricted by a side injury.<ref name="WisObit" /> The remainder of his recorded cricket career took place in Malaya,<ref name="OthM" /> eventually captaining the Federated Malay States<ref name="WisObit" /> for whom he played six more times, five times against the Straits Settlements and once against Hong Kong.<ref name="OthM" />
He also played three times for the combined Malaya cricket team, playing against Hong Kong in 1926, and against Hong Kong and Shanghai in 1927.<ref name="OthM" /> He died on 8 January 1978 in Malvern, the last survivor of his cricket playing brothers. His wife's name was Ratana Yuok.<ref name="WisObit" />
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