{{Short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Tony Woollett | image = | country = | fullname = Anthony Frank Woollett | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|9|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = Lambeth, London | death_date = {{death date and age|2004|1|26|1927|9|20|df=yes}} | death_place = Wokingham, Berkshire | batting = Left-handed | role = Batsman | club1 = Kent | year1 = {{nowrap|1950–1954}} | type1 = FC | debutdate1 = 22 July | debutyear1 = 1950 | debutfor1 = Kent | debutagainst1 = Leicestershire | lastdate1 = 2 June | lastyear1 = 1954 | lastfor1 = Kent | lastagainst1 = Nottinghamshire | hidedeliveries = true | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 44 | runs1 = 1,445 | bat avg1 = 18.76 | 100s/50s1 = 0/5 | top score1 = 96 | catches/stumpings1 = 16/– | date = 5 April | year = 2014 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/23181.html Cricinfo }}
'''Anthony Frank Woollett''' (20 September 1927 – 26 January 2004) was an English cricketer. He played for Kent County Cricket Club between 1950 and 1954.<ref name=ci>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/23181.html Tony Woollett], CricInfo. Retrieved 5 April 2014.</ref>
Woollett was born at Lambeth in London in 1927. He first played for Kent's Second XI in 1947, and was offered a professional contract by the county at the start of the 1950 season. He made his senior debut for the side during the season in a County Championship match against Leicestershire at Folkestone.<ref name=ca>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34058/34058.html Tony Woollett], CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 August 2022.</ref> An opening batsman, he played in a total of 44 first-class matches for Kent, scoring 1,445 runs.<ref name=ci/>
Although he never made a century in first-class cricket, Woollett's highest score was 96 runs, made against Yorkshire in 1953. The innings, which lasted almost five hours, included partnerships of 111 runs with Arthur Fagg and 138 with Colin Cowdrey.<ref>Kent go for runs, ''The Times'', 20 August 1953, p. 3. ([https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS50549012/TTDA?u=nl_earl&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=d201c81f Available online]. Retrieved 15 August 2022].)</ref> During the season he played in 17 of Kent's matches and scored 698 runs, his highest annual total.<ref name=ca/><ref name=wis05>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/156033.html Woollett, Anthony Frank], Obituaries in 2004, ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', 2005. Retrieved 15 August 2022.</ref> Four of his five half-centuries were scored during the season, which ''Wisden'' called his best.<ref name=ca/><ref name=wis05/> His highest score for the county Second XI was 212 not out made in 1949 against Wiltshire.<ref name=ca/>
After leaving Kent in 1954,<ref>County Cricket Prospects-III, ''The Times'', 28 April 1955, p. 4. [https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS68113564/TTDA?u=nl_earl&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=0accf7a0 Available online]. Retrieved 15 August 2022.</ref> never having established himself as a First XI regular,<ref name=wis05/> Woollett played for and coached at Wokingham in Berkshire for more than 40 years.<ref name=ci/> He played three Minor Counties Championship matches for Berkshire County Cricket Club in 1958.<ref name=ca/>
Woollett died in 2004 at Wokingham. He was 76.<ref name=ci/>
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