Myles de Vries
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| Full name | Myles Fallows de Vries | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1940 (age 83–84) Harwich, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| 1958 | Berkshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 6 February 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Myles Fallows de Vries (born 1940) is a former English first-class cricketer.
Born at Harwich, de Vries played minor counties cricket for Berkshire in 1958, making two appearances in the Minor Counties Championship against Cornwall and Oxfordshire.[1] He later played first-class cricket in Kenya for a Coast Cricket Association XI against a touring Pakistan International Airlines team at Mombasa in 1964.[2] Batting twice during the match, de Vries was dismissed by Afaq Hussain for 4 runs in the Coast Cricket Association XI first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for a single run by Farooq Hamid.[3] He later moved to Thailand, where he is credited with starting the Chiang Mai Sixes in 1988.[4][5] He was previously employed by New Zealand Insurance and played cricket for the Royal Bangkok Sports Club.[5] In recent years de Vries has been using a wheelchair.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Myles de Vries". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Myles de Vries". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Coast Cricket Association v Pakistan International Airlines, 1964". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ Thompson, Geoff. "Chiang Mai Sixes bowls more supporters with friendship, and sporting fun". Chiang Mai Mail. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ a b c Kumar, Kamal (31 March 2013). "Seasons in the sun". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 6 February 2019.