| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter Anthony Gooch | |||
| Born | 2 May 1949 Timperley, Cheshire, England |
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| Batting style | Left-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1979 | Minor Counties South | |||
| 1978 | Minor Counties West | |||
| 1976–1979 | Buckinghamshire | |||
| 1971 | Cheshire | |||
| 1970 | Lancashire | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | List A | ||
| Matches | 4 | 10 | ||
| Runs scored | 0 | 24 | ||
| Batting average | 0.00 | 4.80 | ||
| 100s/50s | –/– | –/– | ||
| Top score | 0* | 8 | ||
| Balls bowled | 499 | 487 | ||
| Wickets | 6 | 5 | ||
| Bowling average | 42.00 | 63.60 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | – | – | ||
| 10 wickets in match | – | – | ||
| Best bowling | 4/52 | 3/51 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 3/– | 3/– | ||
| Source: Cricinfo, 6 May 2011 | ||||
Peter Anthony Gooch (born 2 May 1949) is a former English cricketer. Gooch was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Timperley, Cheshire.
Gooch made his first-class debut for Lancashire against Oxford University in 1970. He played 3 further first-class matches in 1970, the last coming against Glamorgan in the County Championship.[1] In his 4 first-class matches for Lancashire, he took 6 wickets at bowling average of 42.00, with best figures of 4/52.[2] A genuine tailender, Gooch failed to score in any of his first-class matches.[3] It was for Lancashire that he made his List A debut against Gloucestershire in the 1970 Gillette Cup, his only List A appearance for the county.[4]
The following season, having been released by Lancashire, he appeared in a single Minor Counties Championship match for Cheshire against the Lancashire Second XI, a team he had previously played for in the same competition.[5] Five years later he joined Buckinghamshire who he represented in Minor counties cricket until 1979.[5] While playing for Buckinghamshire, Gooch represented Minor Counties West in 4 List A matches in the 1978 Benson & Hedges Cup and Minor Counties South in 4 matches in the 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup.[4] He only appeared once for Buckinghamshire in List A cricket, which was his final appearance in that format, against Suffolk in the 1979 Gillette Cup.[4] In total, Gooch played 10 List A matches, taking 5 wickets at an expensive average of 63.60, with best figures of 3/51.[6]