Jim Galley

James Martyn Galley (4 October 1944 – 4 October 2012) played first-class cricket for Somerset in three matches in the 1969 season. He also played in one List A match for Somerset.

Jim Galley
Personal information
Full nameJames Martyn Galley
Born(1944-10-04)4 October 1944
Bristol, England
Died4 October 2012(2012-10-04) (aged 68)
Bath, Somerset, England
BattingRight-handed batsman
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1969Somerset
First-class debut16 August 1969 Somerset v Yorkshire
Last First-class12 September 1969 Somerset v Kent
Only List A17 August 1969  Somerset v Derbyshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 3 1
Runs scored 27 8
Batting average 5.40 8.00
100s/50s –/– –/–
Top score 17 8
Balls bowled – –
Wickets – –
Bowling average – –
5 wickets in innings – –
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling – –
Catches/stumpings 1/– –/–
Source: CricketArchive, 31 December 2009

Galley was a right-handed middle-order batsman. He played for Somerset's second eleven as a batsman from 1964 to 1973 in the Second Eleven Championship and Minor Counties Championship. His only first-class and List A appearances for the Somerset first team came towards the end of the 1969 season, in which Somerset finished at the bottom of the County Championship for the first time since 1955.[1] Galley featured prominently in a close finish in his first match, against Yorkshire at Headingley, when he and Roy Palmer played out 15 overs from Test bowlers Don Wilson and Geoff Cope without scoring to save the match.[2] But overall, he had little success, making just 27 runs in six innings, with a top score of 17 in his final first-class match against Kent.[3]

Galley reappeared in Minor Counties cricket with Wiltshire in 1980.[4]

Galley was also a well-known rugby union player, appearing at scrum-half for Bath and Somerset.

Galley died at Bath on 4 October 2012.[5]

References
  1. "First-class Matches played by Jim Galley". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
  2. "Yorkshire in 1969". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1970 ed.). Wisden. p. 622.
  3. "Scorecard: Kent v Somerset". www.cricketarchive.com. 10 September 1969. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
  4. "Minor Counties Matches played by Jim Galley". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
  5. "Sportsman served clubs as player and administrator". www.thisisbath.co.uk. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
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