| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Neville John Acland Foster | |||
| Born | 28 September 1890 Malvern, Worcestershire, England |
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| Died | 8 January 1978 (aged 87) Malvern, Worcestershire, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1914-1923 | Worcestershire | |||
| First-class debut | 27 May 1914 Worcestershire v Middlesex | |||
| Last First-class | 18 August 1923 Worcestershire v Sussex | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | |||
| Matches | 8 | |||
| Runs scored | 219 | |||
| Batting average | 21.90 | |||
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | |||
| Top score | 40* | |||
| Balls bowled | 0 | |||
| Wickets | - | |||
| Bowling average | - | |||
| 5 wickets in innings | - | |||
| 10 wickets in match | - | |||
| Best bowling | - | |||
| Catches/stumpings | 5/0 | |||
| Source: CricketArchive, 30 December 2007 | ||||
Neville John Acland Foster (28 September 1890 – 8 January 1978) was an English cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman,[2] 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.[3]
Born in Malvern,[2] Foster played twice for the Federated Malay States against the Straits Settlements in 1911 and 1912,[4] 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.[5]
Back in Malaya, he played a third match for the Federated Malay States against the Straits Settlements in Kuala Lumpur in 1922,[4] before returning to England for his final season of first-class cricket. He played five County Championship matches for Worcestershire that season,[5] his availability restricted by a side injury.[3] The remainder of his recorded cricket career took place in Malaya,[4] eventually captaining the Federated Malay States[3] for whom he played six more times, five times against the Straits Settlements and once against Hong Kong.[4]
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.[4] He died in 1978 in Malvern, the last survivor of his cricket playing brothers.[3]