| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 6 May 1875 Timberland Fen, Lincolnshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 January 1959 (aged 83) Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1905 | Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Only FC | 3 July 1905 Derbyshire v Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, July 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Peach (6 May 1875 – 29 January 1959) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1905.
Peach was born in Timberland Fen, Lincolnshire, the son of Joseph Peach, a labourer, and his wife Olive.[1]
Peach played club cricket for Chesterfield Cricket Club,[2] and made his first and only first-class appearance for Derbyshire in the 1905 season against Leicestershire in July. He took 4 wickets for 46, including the wickets of John King and Albert Knight and made 10 runs in his second innings in a match when Derbyshire players averaged 3 in the first innings and 8 in the second. Peach was a right-arm medium-fast bowler and took 4 wickets at an average of 11.50 in his first-class career and scored 10 runs in total.[3]
Peach played two minor counties championship matches for Lincolnshire the first in 1908 and the second in 1914. He died in Stonegravels, Chesterfield, Derbyshire at the age of 83.[citation needed]
References
- ^ British Census 1881 RG11 3213/49 p14
- ^ "History of Chesterfield Cricket Club". Cyberdine.demon.co.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
- ^ "William Peach at Cricket Archive". Cricketarchive.com. 29 January 1959. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
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