| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter John Stimpson | |||
| Born | 25 May 1947 Aberfan, Glamorgan, Wales |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right arm medium | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1971–1972 | Worcestershire | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | FC | LA | ||
| Matches | 30 | 24 | ||
| Runs scored | 1,327 | 236 | ||
| Batting average | 26.01 | 11.23 | ||
| 100s/50s | 1/9 | 0/1 | ||
| Top score | 103 | 52 | ||
| Balls bowled | 30 | 0 | ||
| Wickets | 0 | - | ||
| Bowling average | - | - | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | - | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | - | ||
| Best bowling | - | - | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 8/0 | 3/0 | ||
| Source: CricketArchive, 19 October 2008 | ||||
Peter John Stimpson (born 25 May 1947) is a former Welsh cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Worcestershire in 1971 and 1972.
Stimpson was playing for Worcestershire's Second XI as early as 1963, aged just 16,[1] but it was almost eight years before he made his first-team debut, playing against Oxford University at The University Parks in May 1971. He opened the batting, but in his only innings managed just 11.[2] However, he had several good innings later in the season, including the only first-class century of his career: 103 against Glamorgan at Worcester.[3] He immediately followed this up with knocks of 88 and 42 not out against Warwickshire at Edgbaston.[4]
Stimpson had ended 1971 with 787 first-class runs at 27.13, but he suffered a run drought in early 1972, repeatedly being dismissed for very small scores. He did make 52 against Surrey in mid-May,[5] but it was not enough to prevent his return to the Second XI, and it was July before he re-established himself in the first team. Again he had a run of failures, but 88 in the County Championship against Kent brought him out of it,[6] and 52 against Essex in the John Player League (his only List A half-century) gave cause for further hope.[7] However, despite one more half-century (66 versus Nottinghamshire) by the end of the year he was struggling for runs once more, and 1972 was to be his second and last season of first-team county cricket.
Although Stimpson's career in major cricket had ended, in the mid-1970s he appeared on several occasions for Zambia in East African tournaments, and in August 1976 produced an eye-catching performance, hitting 89 and 128* as an opener as Zambia beat Tanzania.[8]