Stanley Metcalfe

Metcalfe was born at Horsforth in June 1932 and attended the nearby Leeds Grammar School. From there he went up to Pembroke College, Oxford.^[1] While at Oxford he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Gloucestershire in 1954 at Oxford.^[2] He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1956, making seventeen appearances.^[2] He scored 595 runs in his seventeen matches, an average of 20.51 and a high score of 75.^[3] He first played for the Free Foresters in 1958, playing in seven first-class matches for them between 1958–68.^[2] It was for the Free Foresters that he made his highest first-class score, with 133 not out against Oxford University in 1959,^[4] one of two centuries he made and 543 runs he scored for the Free Foresters.^[3] Metcalfe also appeared in one first-class match for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Cambridge University at Lord's in 1961, as well as two matches for D. R. Jardine's XI in 1958.^[2]

After graduating from Oxford, he worked for Rank Hovis McDougall from 1959, later becoming their chairman.^[5] He lived out his final years in Alton, Hampshire, before dying in September 2017 following a long illness.^[6]

• Stanley Metcalfe at ESPNcricinfo