Neil Geoffrey Folland (born 27 June 1960) is an English former

cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

er. He played as a right-handed batsman and was born in

Bristol Bristol () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, it is bordered by t ...

. Folland made his List A debut for

Devon County Cricket Club Devon County Cricket Club (Devon Cricket) is one of 20 minor county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Devon. The team is currently a member of the National Counties Champ ...

in 1986, scoring 30 runs and represented the team in the Minor Counties Championship between 1985 and 1988. He joined

Bedfordshire Bedfordshire (; abbreviated ''Beds'') is a Ceremonial County, ceremonial county in the East of England. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Hertfordshire to the south and the south-east, and Buckin ...

in 1990, for whom he played in the Minor Counties Championship until 1994. He made a single List A appearance for Bedfordshire, in the 1991 NatWest Trophy, against

Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Shropshire, Staffordshire, and the West Midlands (county), West ...

, scoring 10 runs.Neil Folland
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-08-15. His brother, Nick Folland, played first-class cricket for

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as well as List A and Minor Counties cricket for Devon.

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