He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm bowler, initially a medium-pacer and later a spinner.
He switched to spin bowling after coaching and encouragement from Jack Bond.
Lined up for an England team spot, he suffered an injury to his left arm, and quit the game, after tours to Jamaica and Zimbabwe.
Two years later, playing for Whitehaven, Folley was hit underneath the eye in a freak accident while batting in a match against Workington, and was taken to local hospital for a minor operation to repair his perforated eyeball.
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