Rob Woolley


Robert James Joseph Woolley is an English former first-class cricketer.
Woolley was born at Tameside and was educated at St Bede's College, Manchester, before going up to Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. In 2009, Woolley played minor counties cricket for Cheshire, making once appearance each in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy. While studying at Anglia Ruskin, Woolley made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge UCCE against Yorkshire at Fenner's in 2009. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge MCCU until 2012, making eleven appearances. Playing as an all-rounder, Woolley scored a total of 284 runs at an average of 31.55 across his eleven matches, with a high score of 89 not out. He took 22 wickets with his right-arm medium pace bowling, at a bowling average of 53.27, with best figures of 3 for 54.
In 2012, Woolley was called up to the Unicorns squad for the 2012 Clydesdale Bank 40, making his List A one-day debut in the tournament against Derbyshire at Chesterfield. He made six further List A appearance for the Unicorns, the last of which came in the 2013 Yorkshire Bank 40. He scored 61 runs across his seven one-day matches, with a high score of 28 not out. With his medium pace, he took 2 wickets. He played minor counties cricket for Cambridgeshire in 2015 and 2016, making one appearance in the Minor Counties Championship and five appearances in the MCCA Knockout Trophy.