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' Foy (born 8 March 1971) is a former English

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er. Foy was a right-handed

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who bowled right-arm

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. He was born in

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. Foy represented the

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in 2

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matches against the

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in the

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and

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. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 23 runs at a

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of 11.50, with a high score of 19. With the ball he took a single wicket at a cost of 63 runs, with best figures of 1/36.List A Bowling For Each Team by Darron Foy
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comes to mind) in the Bolton leagues. His quick bowling and aggressive nature could strike fear into many an amateur player. This was summed up in the early 90s whilst playing for the 5-finger team Darcy Lever in the BDCA when he won the 'Professional of the Year' for an outstanding season. The 2000s proved to be an up and down decade for Townley; his increasing age and years of wear and tear has cost him his pace but he now uses the guile and experience that decades of league cricket has brought. He has also battled against his weight but toward the end of the decade had lost a significant amount and returned to league cricket with BDCA team Walshaw CC, winning another league title in his first year back. This feat brought him to the attention of Woodbank CC who offered him a large fee to be their professional for the 2010 season.

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