Michael Dilley (English cricketer)

Michael Reginald Dilley (28 March 1939 – 19 August 2023) was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire from 1957 to 1963.

Dilley was born in Rushden, Northamptonshire. He appeared in 33 first-class matches as a right-arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed lower-order batsman. He took 80 wickets with a best performance of six for 74 against Sussex, including a hat-trick, in 1961; he had also claimed a hat-trick six weeks earlier, against Nottinghamshire.

After he left Northamptonshire, Dilley led Rushden Town to three titles and Irthlingborough to two in the Northamptonshire County League. He ran a garden centre in Northamptonshire.

Dilley died on 19 August 2023, at the age of 84.