Peter Murray-Willis
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Peter Murray-Willis | ||||
England | ||||
Personal information | ||||
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Full name | Peter Earnshaw Murray-Willis | |||
Born | 14 July 1910 | |||
Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire, England | ||||
Died | 7 July 1995 (aged 84) | |||
Uckfield Park, Sussex, England | ||||
Batting style | Right-handed | |||
Domestic team information | ||||
Years | Team | |||
1938–1946 | Northamptonshire | |||
1935–1936 | Worcestershire | |||
Career statistics | ||||
FC | ||||
Matches | 29 | |||
Runs scored | 467 | |||
Batting average | 10.37 | |||
100s/50s | 0/1 | |||
Top score | 54 | |||
Balls bowled | 0 | |||
Wickets | - | |||
Bowling average | - | |||
5 wickets in innings | - | |||
10 wickets in match | - | |||
Best bowling | - | |||
Catches/stumpings | 3/– | |||
As of 7 September 2007 |
Peter Earnshaw Murray-Willis (born 14 July 1910 in Castle Bromwich) was an English cricketer. He played 29 times at first-class level either side of the Second World War, at first for Worcestershire and then for Northamptonshire.
Despite his short career, in 1946 he not only won his county cap for Northamptonshire, but also captained the county on 18 occasions.[1] A Wisden writer much later called him a "somewhat miscast captain".[2]
Murray-Willis passed fifty only once in his first-class career: making 54 for Northamptonshire against his former county of Worcestershire, in a high-scoring match at Kidderminster in July 1946.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Player Oracle on CricketArchive. CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2007-09-06.
- ^ Obituary of Bill Barron, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2007.
- ^ Worcestershire v Northamptonshire in 1946. CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2007-09-06.