Background
He was born at Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.
He was born at Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.
Bayley was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. Bayley made two first-class appearances for Warwickshire in 1969 against Cambridge University and Scotland. Against Cambridge University, Bayley took the wicket of Roger Knight in Cambridge University"s first-innings, finishing with figures of 1/26 from 5 overs.
He didn"t bowl in the university"s second-innings and wasn"t called upon to bat in the match, which ended in a narrow 17 run victory for Warwickshire.
Against Scotland, Bayley bowled 20 wicketless overs in Scotland"s first-innings, while in Warwickshire"s first-innings he ended not out on 1. In Scotland"s second-innings, he took the wickets of David Stewart and James Brown to finish with figures of 2/54 from 28 overs.
He was dismissed for a single run in Warwickshire"s second-innings by Jimmy Allan, with Scotland winning the match by 4 wickets. These were his only major appearances for Warwickshire.