Peter Murray-Willis

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Peter Murray-Willis
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Personal information
Full namePeter Earnshaw Murray-Willis
Born(1910-07-14)14 July 1910
Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire, England
Died7 July 1995(1995-07-07) (aged 84)
, 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

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.

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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