Oswald Stephen Wheatley was born on 28 May 1935 and is a former cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Warwickshire and Glamorgan, whom he captained from 1961 to 1966.
12 Facts About Ossie Wheatley
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Ossie Wheatley was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
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Ossie Wheatley played in the university holidays for Warwickshire with very limited success but in 1959 joined that county full-time, taking 100 wickets in the season though at a rather high cost.
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Ossie Wheatley repeated the feat in 1960, but at the end of the season was allowed to leave for Glamorgan, where he was appointed captain in place of Wilf Wooller, who had led the county since 1947.
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Ossie Wheatley formed a hostile new ball partnership with the Test bowler Jeff Jones for a few seasons and in six years as captain took more than 600 wickets at an average of less than 20 runs per wicket.
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Ossie Wheatley retired from the captaincy at the end of the 1966 season, and played only a few matches in 1967.
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Ossie Wheatley was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in the 1969 edition of the almanack.
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Ossie Wheatley played only a few games in Glamorgan's Championship-winning season of 1969 and retired after one match on the celebratory tour of the West Indies the following winter.
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Ossie Wheatley was never allowed higher up the batting order than number ten, and his career runs only just exceeded his wickets.
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In retirement, Ossie Wheatley remained prominent in cricket administration both at county and national level.
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Ossie Wheatley acted as a Test selector for England and chaired Test and County Cricket Board committees, as well as being president of Glamorgan.
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Ossie Wheatley was appointed CBE in the 1997 New Year Honours.