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{{short description|English cricketer}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
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| country = England
| fullname = William Sydney Halliley
| nickname =
| birth_date = 7 February 1888
| birth_place = [[British Ceylon]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1963|9|6|1888|2|7|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Pembury]], [[Kent]], England
| heightft =
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| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| family =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1911/12–1912/13
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 4
| runs1 = 20
| bat avg1 = 3.33
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 7
| deliveries1 = 315
| wickets1 = 7
| bowl avg1 = 18.71
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 5/70
| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–
| date = 20 November
| year = 2022
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/william-halliley-29328 Cricinfo
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'''William Sydney Halliley''' {{postnominal|MC}} (7 February 1888 — 6 September 1963) was an [[English people|English]] first-class [[cricket]]er and an officer in both the [[British Army]] and [[British Indian Army]].

Halliley was born in [[British Ceylon]] in September 1963 and was educated in England at [[Eastbourne College]].<ref name="EAST">{{cite web|url=https://www.eastbourne-college.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/esorg-roll-of-honour-2018-02-23.pdf|title=Eastbourne College Roll of Honour 1914–18|publisher=www.eastbourne-college.co.uk|accessdate=20 November 2022}}</ref> From there he attended the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]], graduating into the [[Royal Warwickshire Regiment]] as a [[Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_and_other_Commonwealth_countries|second lieutenant]] in September 1908.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28178|date=18 September 1908|page=6762}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in April 1910,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28382|date=7 June 1910|page=3996}}</ref> later resigning his commission in January 1913.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28678|date=3 January 1913|page=41}}</ref> While in [[British India]], Halliley played [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] on three occasions prior to the [[First World War]], playing twice against the [[Parsis cricket team|Parsees]] and once against the [[Muslims cricket team|Muslims]]. He also made an additional first-class appearance for [[J. G. Greig|J. G. Greig's XI]] against the [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]] in 1912.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13602/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by William Halliley|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Playing as a [[bowling (cricket)|bowler]], he took 7 wickets across his four first-class matches at an [[bowling average|average]] of 18.71;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13602/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by William Halliley|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> he took one [[five wicket haul]] of 5 for 70 against the Parsees at [[Deccan Gymkhana Ground|Poona]] in August 1912.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8876.html|title=Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Presidency Match 1912/13|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Halliley returned to active service in the [[First World War]], being assigned to the [[British Indian Army]] as a lieutenant in December 1914.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29086|date=2 March 1915|page=2114}}</ref> He served with the [[Rajput Regiment|7th Rajput's]] and was awarded the [[Military Cross]] in October 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29791|date=17 October 1916|page=10078|supp=y}}</ref> He was wounded in action in November 1916, and held as a prisoner of war by the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref name="EAST"/><ref>Lieut. William Sydney Halliley. ''[[Belfast Telegraph|Belfast Weekly Telegraph]]''. 11 November 1916. p. 8</ref> Toward the end of the war, he was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in August 1918, antedated to September 1915.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31449|date=11 July 1919|page=8860}}</ref> Halliley retired from active service in August 1923.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32882|date=23 November 1923|page=8066}}</ref> He later returned to service during the [[Second World War]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35198|date=20 June 1941|page=3592|supp=y}}</ref> Halliley died at [[Pembury]] in September 1963.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=29328}}

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