Pedro Perera
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Full name | Pedro Ricardo Perera | ||||||||||||||
Born | 1832 Holborn, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 1915 (aged 82/83) Fulham, London, England | ||||||||||||||
Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
Relations | Frederico Perera (brother) | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 September 2019 |
Pedro Ricardo Perera (1832 – 1915) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of the Spaniard Augurio Perera and his wife, Francisca, he was born at Holborn in 1832. His father was a merchant who moved the family to Birmingham in 1836, where he took over a storehouse on Great Charles Street. In 1839, the family once more relocated, this time to Manchester.[1] Perera later made two appearances in first-class cricket in 1860 for the against the , playing at in the July fixture and at Salford in the return fixture in August.[2] He scored a total of 125 runs in his two first-class matches, making a half century in each match, with a high score of 64 not out in the August fixture.[3][4] By profession, he too was a merchant.[1] Perera died at Fulham in 1915. His younger brother, Frederico, was also a first-class cricketer, while his eldest brother, Augurio, is credited as being the co-inventor of lawn tennis.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c "An Anglo-Spanish Victorian in the Midlands: Augurio Perera, co-founder of lawn tennis". Books on Spain. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Pedro Perera". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Pedro Perera". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ "Gentlemen of the North v Gentlemen of the South, 1860". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
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- 1832 births
- 1915 deaths
- People from Holborn
- English people of Spanish descent
- English cricketers
- Gentlemen of the North cricketers
- English merchants
- 19th-century English businesspeople