Jake Matthew Foley (born 21 September 1994) is an English former

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er. Foley was born in

Colchester Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 in 2011. The demonym is Colcestrian. Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colc ...

in September 1994. He was educated at

Felsted School (Keep your Faith) , established = , closed = , type = Public school Independent day and boarding , religion = Church of England , president = , head_label = Headmaster , head = Chris Townsend , r_head_ ...

, before matriculating to

Southampton Solent University Solent University (formerly Southampton Solent University) is a public university based in Southampton, United Kingdom. It has approximately 10,500 students (2019/20). Its main campus is located on East Park Terrace near the city centre and th ...

. Prior to his matriculation, he played

club cricket Club cricket is a mainly amateur, but still formal, form of the sport of cricket, usually involving teams playing in competitions at weekends or in the evening. There is a great deal of variation in game format although the Laws of Cricket are obs ...

in Essex for Colchester and East Essex, for whom he took 31 wickets for in 2013 with his

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bowling. Upon moving to university, he joined South Wilts in the

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. He played for

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...

in 2014, making a single appearance in List A one-day match against Sri Lanka A at the Rose Bowl. The match was abandoned after 18

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, with Foley not being called on to bowl in the Sri Lankan A innings. Having won the Southern Premier Cricket League with South Wilts, he later returned to play club cricket for Colchester and East Essex, with Foley being appointed club

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in 2017. Foley played

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for

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in 2018 and 2019, making three appearances in the

Minor Counties Championship The NCCA 3 Day Championship (previously the Minor Counties Cricket Championship) is a season-long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), the so-called national cou ...

, four in the

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, and sixteen in the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Foley, Jake 1994 births Living people Cricketers from Colchester People educated at Felsted School Alumni of Southampton Solent University English cricketers Hampshire cricketers Suffolk cricketers