Peter Bradley (cricketer)
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| Full name | Peter Bradley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 March 1937 Gee Cross, Hyde, Cheshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1976 | Minor Counties East | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1974 | Minor Counties | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1975 | Minor Counties North | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1957–1975 | Shropshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 3 August 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peter Bradley (born 3 March 1937) is a former English cricketer. Bradley was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Gee Cross, Hyde, Cheshire.
Bradley made his debut for Shropshire against Staffordshire in the 1957 Minor Counties Championship. He played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 1957 to 1975, making 82 Minor Counties Championship appearances.[1] He made a single List A appearance for Shropshire against Essex in the 1974 Gillette Cup,[2] He took the wicket of Brian Hardie for the cost of 45 runs from 12 overs, while with the bat he scored a single run before being dismissed by Robin Hobbs, as Shropshire were bowled out for 41 to lose the match by 139 runs.[3] It was though for a Minor counties cricket team in one form of another that the majority of his List A appearances came for. He made his first List A appearance in the 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup for Minor Counties North against Lancashire. He made 10 further List A appearances for the team, the last of which came against Lancashire in the 1975 Benson & Hedges Cup.[2] In his 11 matches for the team, he took 11 wickets at an average of 32.09, with best figures of 4/45.[4] He also played List A cricket for Minor Counties East, making 4 appearances for the team in the 1976 Benson & Hedges Cup,[2] although he took just a single wicket at an overall cost of 170 runs.[4]
He also made 2 first-class appearances in his career, which for the Minor Counties.[5] The first of these came against the touring West Indians in 1973, with Bradley taking the wickets of Lawrence Rowe, David Murray and Inshan Ali in the West Indians first-innings, while in their second-innings he took the wickets of Rowe, Clive Lloyd, Ali and Vanburn Holder.[6] His second appearance came the following season against the touring Pakistanis. He went wicket-less in the Pakistanis first-innings, conceding 98 runs from his 27 overs. In their second-innings, he took the wickets of Imran Khan and Aftab Gul.[7]
References
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Peter Bradley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ a b c "List A Matches played by Steve Johnson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ "Shropshire v Essex, 1974 Gillette Cup". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ a b "List A Bowling For Each Team by Peter Bradley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Peter Bradley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ "Minor Counties v West Indians, 1973". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ "Minor Counties v Pakistanis, 1974". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2011.