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.
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| Full name | Peter Earnshaw Murray-Willis | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 July 1910 Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 July 1995 (aged 84) Uckfield Park, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1935–1936 | Worcestershire | ||||||||||||||
| 1938–1946 | Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||
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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
- "Player Oracle on CricketArchive". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 September 2007.
- Obituary of Bill Barron, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2007.
- "Worcestershire v Northamptonshire in 1946". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 September 2007.
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