# Tom Webley
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{{Short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Tom Webley
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Thomas Webley
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|3|2|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Bristol](/source/Bristol), England
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = [Slow left-arm orthodox](/source/Slow_left-arm_orthodox)
| family =
| club5 = [Dorset](/source/Dorset_County_Cricket_Club)
| year5 = 2006–2007
| club4 = [Suffolk](/source/Suffolk_County_Cricket_Club)
| year4 = 2005
| club3 = [Somerset](/source/Somerset_County_Cricket_Club)
| year3 = 2003
| club2 = [Cambridge UCCE](/source/Cambridge_UCCE)
| year2 = 2003–2005
| club1 = [Somerset Cricket Board](/source/Somerset_Cricket_Board)
| year1 = 2001–2002
| columns = 2
| column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
| matches1 = 15
| runs1 = 833
| bat avg1 = 34.70
| 100s/50s1 = 1/5
| top score1 = 104
| deliveries1 = 510
| wickets1 = 6
| bowl avg1 = 59.50
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 2/57
| catches/stumpings1 = 7/–
| column2 = [List A](/source/List_A_cricket)
| matches2 = 2
| runs2 = 12
| bat avg2 = 6.00
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 8
| deliveries2 = –
| wickets2 = –
| bowl avg2 = –
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor2 = –
| best bowling2 = –
| catches/stumpings2 = 1/–
| date = 5 February
| year = 2011
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11716.html Cricinfo
}}
'''Thomas Webley''' (born 2 March 1983) is an English [cricket](/source/cricket)er. Webley is a left-handed [batsman](/source/batsman_(cricket)) who bowls [slow left-arm orthodox](/source/slow_left-arm_orthodox).
Born in [Bristol](/source/Bristol) before moving to the village of [Corfe Mullen](/source/Corfe_Mullen) in Dorset, Webley had been educated at [King's College](/source/King's_College%2C_Taunton), a [boarding school](/source/boarding_school) in [Taunton, Somerset](/source/Taunton%2C_Somerset).[[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/129213.html Webley to face the fastest in the world !!!]] In 1999 he first appeared for the [Somerset Second XI](/source/Somerset_County_Cricket_Club) in the [Second Eleven Championship](/source/Second_Eleven_Championship). In 2001, Webley was selected to represent the [Somerset Cricket Board](/source/Somerset_Cricket_Board) in the [2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy](/source/2001_Cheltenham_%26_Gloucester_Trophy) and as a result he made his debut in [List A cricket](/source/List_A_cricket) against [Wales Minor Counties](/source/Wales_Minor_Counties_Cricket_Club), following this up the next season with his second List A appearance, which was to be the last of his career, against [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall_County_Cricket_Club) in the 1st round of the [2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy](/source/2003_Cheltenham_%26_Gloucester_Trophy) which was held in 2002.
Taking up education at [Anglia University](/source/Anglia_Ruskin_University), given its proximity to [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge) resulted in Webley appearing for [Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence](/source/List_of_Cambridge_UCCE_%26_MCCU_players), for which he made his debut in [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) in 2003 against [Essex](/source/Essex_County_Cricket_Club). Two matches later he scored a maiden [century](/source/century_(cricket)) against [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire_County_Cricket_Club), making a cautious 104 before being dismissed by [Monty Panesar](/source/Monty_Panesar).[[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/76/76953.html Cambridge University v Northamptonshire (2003)]] Following encouraging performances with the Cambridge University team and in the Somerset Second XI, which received praise from then Second XI coach [Mark Garaway](/source/Mark_Garaway).[[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/35/35026/First-Class_Matches.html First-Class Matches played by Tom Webley]] A fairly reliable batsman at first-class level, Webley scored 833 runs in 15 first-class matches, [averaging](/source/batting_average_(cricket)) 34.70, making five [half centuries](/source/half_century) and just the single century. With the ball in hand, he took 6 wickets at a [bowling average](/source/bowling_average) of 59.50, with best figures of 2/57.
His association with Somerset ended in 2004 and in 2005 he represented the [Leicestershire Second XI](/source/Leicestershire_County_Cricket_Club). Webley proceeded to play [Minor counties](/source/Minor_counties_of_English_and_Welsh_cricket) cricket for [Suffolk](/source/Suffolk_County_Cricket_Club) in 2005,[[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/35/35026/all_teams.html Teams Tom Webley played for]] before facilitating a move back south where he represented [Dorset](/source/Dorset_County_Cricket_Club) in Minor counties cricket from 2006 to 2007.