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Oliver Newey

Guernsey cricketer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ20744577
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Oliver Newey (born 19 September 1986) is a cricketer who plays for Guernsey. He played in the 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Five tournament. In May 2015 he participated in the 2015 ICC Europe Division One tournament.

In the 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Six, Newey made 129 not out against Fiji, for which he was awarded with the man of the match.

He played in the 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five tournament, taking 8 wickets in six matches.

In September 2017, he scored the most runs for Guernsey in the 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five tournament, with a total of 286 runs in five matches.

In May 2019, he was named in Guernsey's squad for the 2019 T20 Inter-Insular Cup. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Guernsey against Jersey on 31 May 2019. The same month, he was named in Guernsey's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament in Guernsey.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1986, 2014, 2015, 2016—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1986-09-19. The account is most persuasive where Oliver, Newey and Guernsey can be independently traced.
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