Peter Dodds

Peter Michael Dodds (born 26 November 1933) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket in South Africa from 1955 to 1964.

Peter Dodds
Personal information
Full namePeter Michael Dodds
Born (1933-11-26) 26 November 1933
Durban, Natal, South Africa
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1955-56Transvaal
1956-57 to 1963-64Natal
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 39
Runs scored 333
Batting average 8.76
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 27 not out
Balls bowled 9400
Wickets 120
Bowling average 29.07
5 wickets in innings 7
10 wickets in match 2
Best bowling 7/51
Catches/stumpings 10/0
Source: CricketArchive, 30 December 2016

Cricket career

Born in Durban, Dodds attended Durban High School.[1] He played one match for Transvaal in 1955 before moving to Natal, where he spent the rest of his first-class career.

A left-arm spinner, Dodds had modest success until 1958-59, when he took 35 wickets at an average of 18.37, the third-highest tally of wickets in South Africa that season.[2] In a friendly match at the end of the season against a Border and Eastern Province Combined XI he took 6 for 37 and 7 for 51 to give Natal an innings victory.[3]

He played irregularly over the next three seasons, but played throughout 1962-63, taking 36 wickets at 21.72.[4] In Natal's ten-wicket victory over Eastern Province he took 5 for 45 and 5 for 73.[5] Natal won the Currie Cup, with five victories in six matches. Dodds was widely considered unfortunate not to be selected for the 1963-64 tour of Australia and New Zealand.[6][7]

He played his last season of first-class cricket in 1963-64.

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References
  1. "D.H.S. cricket stats and records". Durban High School. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  2. "First-class bowling in South Africa 1958-59". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  3. "Border and Eastern Province Combined XI v Natal 1958-59". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  4. "First-class bowling in each season by Peter Dodds". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  5. "Natal v Eastern Province 1962-63". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  6. Wisden 1964, p. 858.
  7. R. S. Whitington, Bradman, Benaud and Goddard's Cinderellas, Rigby, Adelaide, 1964, pp. 105-7.
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