| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Allan Arthur Pearse | |||
| Born | 22 April 1915 Watchet, Somerset, England |
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| Died | 14 June 1981 (aged 66) Watchet, Somerset, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Role | Batsman | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1936–38 | Somerset | |||
| First-class debut | 6 June 1936 Somerset v Kent | |||
| Last First-class | 19 August 1938 Somerset v Worcestershire | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | |||
| Matches | 9 | |||
| Runs scored | 81 | |||
| Batting average | 5.78 | |||
| 100s/50s | –/– | |||
| Top score | 20 | |||
| Balls bowled | 12 | |||
| Wickets | – | |||
| Bowling average | – | |||
| 5 wickets in innings | – | |||
| 10 wickets in match | – | |||
| Best bowling | 0/3 | |||
| Catches/stumpings | 1/– | |||
| Source: CricketArchive, 23 October 2010 | ||||
Allan Arthur Pearse (22 April 1915 – 14 June 1981) played first-class cricket for Somerset in nine matches between 1936 and 1938.[1] He was born and died at Watchet, Somerset.
Pearse was a middle-order right-handed batsman whose club cricket was for Watchet Cricket Club, where Harold Gimblett was his contemporary. As a 16-year-old, playing for Watchet against Wellington Cricket Club, he joined Gimblett with the Watchet score at 37 for seven chasing a total of 160. The pair added the 123 runs needed, Gimblett scoring 91 and Pearse 33.[2] Pearse followed Gimblett into the Somerset side, making his debut in 1936 at the Agricultural Showgrounds, Frome, the same ground where Gimblett had made his sensational debut a year earlier. In his first innings he scored 20, which was the second highest of the Somerset innings against Kent.[3] But in five other first-class matches in the 1936 season he failed to score more than 10 in any innings, and in two matches in 1937 he also made little impression. His last first-class game in 1938 saw him batting at No 10 and failing to score in either innings.[4]