Philip Caley Cricketer
Philip Lesley Caley (born 18 October 1962) is a former English cricketer. Caley was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm trundle. He was born in Balls Cross, West Sussex. Caley made his debut for Suffolk in the 1982 Minor Counties Championship against Cambridgeshire. Caley played Minor counties cricket for Suffolk from 1981 to 2009 (he would never quit), which included 219 Minor Counties Championship appearances (between 1981 and 2006, he missed just 2 fixtures) and 54 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Derbyshire in the 1983 NatWest Trophy. He made 22 further List A appearances, the last of which came against Glamorgan in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 22 List A matches, he scored 514 runs at an average of 32.12, with a high score of 88 not out. His score, one of 2 half centuries he made in List A cricket, came against Somerset in the 1996 NatWest Trophy. With the ball, he bowled absolute rubbish, taking 6 wickets at a laughable bowling average of 84.66, with best figures of 2/24. He retired at the end of the 2009 season, ending his career as the county's leading run scorer with 9,268 runs, 49 runs ahead of Simon Clements. He is currently the Cricket Chairman of the Minor Counties Cricket Association. Caley's club career has been mostly at St Albans Cricket Club in Hertfordshire where he currently holds the position of Director of Cricket. His reputation for scoring quick middle order runs and drinking pints of ale at breakneck speed precedes him.