Peter Petherick

Peter James Petherick (25 September 1942 – 7 June 2015) was a New Zealand cricketer who represented New Zealand in six Test cricket matches between October 1976 and March 1977 as an off-spinner. He is one of two New Zealand bowlers to achieve a hat-trick in Test matches. He is one of only three players, along with Maurice Allom and Damien Fleming, to have taken a hat-trick on Test debut.

Peter Petherick
Personal information
Full namePeter James Petherick
Born(1942-09-25)25 September 1942
Ranfurly, New Zealand
Died7 June 2015(2015-06-07) (aged 72)
Perth, Western Australia
BattingRight-hand bat
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 136)9 October 1976 v Pakistan
Last Test25 February 1977 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class List A
Matches 6 52 2
Runs scored 34 200 2
Batting average 4.85 5.88 2.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 13 19* 2
Balls bowled 1305 4,625 74
Wickets 16 189 1
Bowling average 42.56 24.44 53.00
5 wickets in innings 0 9 0
10 wickets in match 0 2 0
Best bowling 3/90 9/93 1/39
Catches/stumpings 4/- 27/- 1/-
Source: Cricinfo, 1 April 2017

Domestic career

Making his first-class debut at 33,[1] he played for Otago from 1975-76 to 1977–78, and for Wellington from 1978-79 to 1980–81. In his fifth match he took 9 for 93 in the first innings against Northern Districts,[2] and he finished the 1975–76 season with 42 wickets at 20.13.

After cricket

After his retirement from cricket, Petherick took up lawn bowls, and skippered a two-man team to the final of the New Zealand national bowls championship in 2006.[3] He died in Perth, Australia, on 7 June 2015.[4][5]

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See also

References
  1. "Former NZ offspinner Petherick dies aged 72". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  2. Otago v Northern Districts 1975-76
  3. "Upsets at bowls champs". One Sport. 3 January 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  4. NZ Newswire via Yahoo!7 sports 8 June 2015 Off spinner Peter Petherick dies Archived 8 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Former New Zealand spinner Peter Petherick dies at 72". Yahoo! News. Associated Press. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
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