Major Wilfrid Lionel Foster CBE, DSO (2 December 1874 – 22 March 1958) was an English Army officer and a first-class cricketer: a right-handed batsman who played for Worcestershire County Cricket Club in their early years as a first-class team.

He was seconded for a staff appointment in South Africa as Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General in April 1902.

[2] Foster played three first-class matches (none for Worcestershire) in 1900, but was then out of the game for several years owing to his service in the Boer War.

From July 1908 he was employed by the Birmingham-based glassmaking company of Chance Brothers,[4] which might explain his only very moderate success with the bat.

[3] He also played for renowned amateur football side Corinthian, for whom he scored their only goal in the 1898 Sheriff of London Charity Shield replay against Football League winners Sheffield United which resulted in the sides sharing the honour in a 1–1 draw.