Peter Gracey

Peter Bosworth Kirkwood Gracey (12 December 1921 – 13 September 2006) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Peter Gracey
Personal information
Full namePeter Bosworth Kirkwood Gracey
Born12 December 1921
Bannu, North-West Frontier Province, British India
Died13 September 2006(2006-09-13) (aged 84)
Rye, Sussex, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeg break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1945/46Europeans
1947–1948Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 5
Runs scored 176
Batting average 22.00
100s/50s –/1
Top score 61
Balls bowled 86
Wickets 2
Bowling average 27.00
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 2/21
Catches/stumpings 7/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 March 2020

The son of Hugh Malcolm Kirkwood Gracey, a soldier in the British Indian Army, and Elsie Marian Bosworth, he was born in British India at Bannu in December 1921.[1] He was educated in England at Wellington College.[2] Gracey served in the Second World War with the Royal Engineers, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in June 1942.[3] While serving in India, he made his debut in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Indians at Madras in a 1945–46 Madras Presidency Match.[4]

Returning to England after the war, he went up to Brasenose College, Oxford as a Heath Harrison Exhibitioner in 1946.[5] While studying at Oxford, he made four appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University, playing three matches in 1947 and a single match in 1948.[4] He scored 176 runs in first-class cricket, with his highest score of 61 coming for the Europeans.[6] He was later a member of the Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers.[7] Gracey died at Rye in September 2006.[8]

References
  1. "Life story: Elsie Marian Bosworth". www.livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  2. "Wisden - Obituaries in 2007". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  3. "No. 35603". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 June 1942. p. 2748.
  4. "First-Class Matches played by Peter Gracey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  5. Oxford University Calendar. University of Oxford. 1948.
  6. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Peter Gracey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  7. Dummelow, John (1973). The Wax Chandlers of London. Phillimore. p. 174.
  8. "Gracey - Death Announcements". The Daily Telegraph. September 2006. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
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