Peter Gracey

Peter Bosworth Kirkwood Gracey (12 December 1921 – 13 September 2006) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Peter Gracey
Personal information
Full name
Peter Bosworth Kirkwood Gracey
Born12 December 1921
Bannu, North-West Frontier Province, British India
Died13 September 2006(2006-09-13) (aged 84)
Rye, Sussex, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeg break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1945/46Europeans
1947–1948Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 5
Runs scored 176
Batting average 22.00
100s/50s –/1
Top score 61
Balls bowled 86
Wickets 2
Bowling average 27.00
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 2/21
Catches/stumpings 7/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 March 2020

The son of Hugh Malcolm Kirkwood Gracey, a soldier in the British Indian Army, and Elsie Marian Bosworth, he was born in British India at Bannu in December 1921.[1] He was educated in England at Wellington College.[2] Gracey served in the Second World War with the Royal Engineers, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in June 1942.[3] While serving in India, he made his debut in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Indians at Madras in a 1945–46 Madras Presidency Match.[4]

Returning to England after the war, he went up to Brasenose College, Oxford as a Heath Harrison Exhibitioner in 1946.[5] While studying at Oxford, he made four appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University, playing three matches in 1947 and a single match in 1948.[4] He scored 176 runs in first-class cricket, with his highest score of 61 coming for the Europeans.[6] He was later a member of the Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers.[7] Gracey died at Rye in September 2006.[8]

References
  1. Elsie Marian Bosworth on Lives of the First World War
  2. "Wisden - Obituaries in 2007". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  3. "No. 35603". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 June 1942. p. 2748.
  4. "First-Class Matches played by Peter Gracey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  5. Oxford University Calendar. University of Oxford. 1948.
  6. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Peter Gracey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  7. Dummelow, John (1973). The Wax Chandlers of London. Phillimore. p. 174. ISBN 9780850331004.
  8. "Gracey - Death Announcements". The Daily Telegraph. September 2006. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
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