William Gordon Antony Wiley (14 November 1931 – 7 December 1999) was a

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first-class

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er. Wiley was born at

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in Cape Town. He later travelled to England to study at

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. While at Oxford he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Gloucestershire at Oxford in 1952. He made twelve first-class appearances for Oxford in 1952, scoring 580 runs at an average of 27.61, with a high score of 100. This score, which was his only first-class century, came against

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at Worthing. During the 1952 season, he also played

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for

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, making a single appearance against

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in the

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. Returning to South Africa, Wiley made four first-class appearances for Western Province in the 1952/53 and 1953/54 seasons. He later emigrated to Zimbabwe, where he died at Harare in December 1999. His brother was the cricketer and politician

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wiley, William 1931 births 1999 deaths Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford South African cricketers Oxford University cricketers Oxfordshire cricketers Western Province cricketers South African emigrants to Zimbabwe Cricketers from Cape Town