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Nick Folland

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Nick Folland
Personal information
Full name
Nicholas Arthur Folland
Born (1963-09-17) 17 September 1963 (age 61)
Bristol, England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleMiddle-order batsman
RelationsNeil Folland (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1984–2001Devon
1992–1994Somerset
FC debut11 July 1990 Minor Counties v Indians
Last FC15 August 1994 Somerset v Middlesex
LA debut4 July 1984 Devon v Sussex
Last LA1 May 2001 Devon v Shropshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 32 68
Runs scored 1,755 2,058
Batting average 34.41 33.19
100s/50s 2/10 3/15
Top score 108* 107*
Balls bowled 26
Wickets 1
Bowling average 55.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/52
Catches/stumpings 206/– 35/–
Source: CricketArchive, 8 December 2008

Nicholas Arthur Folland (born 17 September 1963) is a former first-class cricketer, who represented Somerset County Cricket Club between 1992 and 1994.[1] He is now a school headmaster.

Life and career

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Nick Folland studied at Loughborough University, gaining a BSc and a PGCE.[2] After graduating, he taught young deaf people for three years before joining the staff at Blundell's School in Devon.[2]

Folland came into county cricket unusually late; following success at Minor Counties level with Devon, he was persuaded by Somerset that he could combine his teaching with a professional cricket career and made his debut in regular first-class cricket in 1992, at the age of 28. He had played one first-class match earlier for the Minor Counties representative side against the Indian tourists in 1990.

Folland went on to play 32 first-class matches and 68 at List A level. The highlight of his career was the two first-class centuries in a match that he made in 1993 against Sussex.[3] These turned out to be the only two first-class hundreds of his career. He left regular cricket midway through the 1994 season, deciding, according to Wisden, that "regular first-class cricket was not for him".[4]

He was the Head of Blundell's preparatory school for ten years. He became Head of St John's on the Hill Preparatory School in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, in 2011. From 2015 to 2021, he was Headmaster of Sherborne Prep.[5]

His brother, Neil, taught at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys School with his Devon teammate Doug Yeabsley.

References

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  1. ^ "Nick Folland".
  2. ^ a b "New Headmaster Announcement". Sherborne Preparatory School. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  3. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive".
  4. ^ "Somerset in 1994". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1995 ed.). Wisden. p. 583.
  5. ^ "New Appointment - Head Of Sherborne Preparatory School", Sherborne School, retrieved 28 December 2023
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