Richard Bertram Dolley (3 March 1960 – 30 June 2021) was a South African

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er, educator, cricket and hockey administrator. He played in 36 first-class matches between 1982/83 and 1990/91 for the Eastern Province. His nephew

Josh Dolley Josh Dolley (born 19 May 1992) is a South African cricketer. He played in one List A List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes ...

, brother

Gary Dolley This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for Eastern Province cricket team in South Africa. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all the intervening sea ...

, sons

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and

Brad Dolley Brad Dolley (born 7 July 1992) is a South African cricketer. He was included in the Eastern Province cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.

all have represented Eastern Province cricket team in domestic circuit.

Career

Dolley made a mark in domestic competitions featuring for Eastern Province team scoring 1150 runs and taking 100 wickets in his first-class career. His cricket career ended just at a time when the unity process was negotiated and completed. He also served as director of Eastern Province Cricket and then he also served as the chairman of Cricket Committee of Eastern Province as well as served in the Board of Eastern Province Cricket as an executive member. He later served as a deputy principal at the Westering High School in

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where he also coached both cricket and hockey to the students.

Death

He died on 30 June 2021, at the age of 61 due to

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