Joseph Peacocke (cricketer)
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| Full name | Joseph Reginald Hyde Peacocke | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 May 1904 Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | December 1961 (aged 57) Umtali, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1926 | Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| 1925 | Dublin University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 7 November 2018 | |||||||||||||||
Joseph Reginald Hyde Peacocke (23 March 1904 – December 1961) was an Irish first-class cricketer.
Peacocke was born at Dublin in March 1904, and was educated in England at Rossall School.[1] After finishing his schooling at Rossall, he returned to Ireland to study at Trinity College, Dublin.[1] Joining the Dublin University Cricket Club, he accompanied the team on their 1925 tour of England, where he played in a first-class match against Northamptonshire at Northampton.[2] The following year, he played a first-class match for Ireland against Scotland at Glenpark.[2] Across his two first-class matches, Peacocke scored 86 runs with a highest score of 48.[3] Besides playing club cricket for Dublin University, he also played a few matches for Phoenix.[1] By the early 1930s, his work was taking him to different parts of the British Empire.[1] In 1931, while in Egypt, he played a minor match for Gezira Sports Club at Cairo.[4] In 1933, while in British India, he played a minor match for Punjab and North West Frontier against the Free Foresters at Lahore.[4] He died at Umtali in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in December 1961, today modern day Zimbabwe.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Player profile: Joseph Reginald Hyde Peacocke". CricketEurope. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Joseph Peacocke". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ "Player profile: Joseph Peacocke". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Miscellaneous Matches played by Joseph Peacocke". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 November 2018.