Peter Murray-Willis

Peter Earnshaw Murray-Willis (14 July 1910 7 July 1995) was an English first-class cricketer. He played 29 times at first-class level either side of the Second World War, at first for Worcestershire and then for Northamptonshire.

Peter Murray-Willis
Personal information
Full name
Peter Earnshaw Murray-Willis
Born(1910-07-14)14 July 1910
Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire, England
Died7 July 1995(1995-07-07) (aged 84)
Uckfield Park, Sussex, England
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1935–1936Worcestershire
1938–1946Northamptonshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 29
Runs scored 467
Batting average 10.37
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 54
Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: CricketArchive, 7 September 2007

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]

References

  1. "Player Oracle on CricketArchive". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 September 2007.
  2. Obituary of Bill Barron, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2007.
  3. "Worcestershire v Northamptonshire in 1946". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 September 2007.


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