Peter Truscott

Peter Bennetts Truscott (born 14 August 1941) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played one Test against Pakistan in 1965.

For the British politician, see Peter Truscott, Baron Truscott.
Peter Truscott
Personal information
Full namePeter Bennetts Truscott
Born (1941-08-14) 14 August 1941
Pahiatua, Manawatu, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 105)12 February 1965 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1961-62Canterbury
1964-65 to 1965-66Wellington
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 1 18
Runs scored 29 904
Batting average 14.50 25.82
100s/50s 0/0 1/4
Top score 26 165
Balls bowled - 204
Wickets - 2
Bowling average - 48.50
5 wickets in innings - 0
10 wickets in match - 0
Best bowling - 2/60
Catches/stumpings 1/- 10/-
Source: Cricinfo, 1 April 2017

Cricket career

Truscott was a right-handed batsman who had a brief first-class career, lasting just five years. He played three matches for Canterbury without great success in 1961-62, and in the next two seasons played only for the New Zealand Under-23 side in one match each season. In 1963-64, he scored 165 when opening the batting for the Under-23s against Auckland,[1] and this remained his only first-class century.

In 1964–65 and 1965-66 Truscott played regularly for Wellington. In February 1965 he scored 45 and 50 at number three against Otago, taking part in second-wicket partnerships of 84 and 98 with Bruce Murray,[2] and he was selected for the Third Test against Pakistan at Christchurch that followed a few days later. Opening the batting, he scored 3 and 26,[3] but was not picked for the New Zealand team to tour India, Pakistan and England in 1965. He played for a New Zealand Cricket Council President's XI against the touring MCC in 1965-66, but played no more first-class cricket after the end of the season.

Later life

After his cricket career ended, Truscott and his family moved to Perth, Western Australia, where he worked as a bank accountant. Later he returned to New Zealand and ran a hotel in Nelson, then a motel in Whangarei, and also worked in the real estate business. He is retired and lives with his wife Sue in Orewa, a suburb of Auckland.[4]

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See also

References
  1. "Auckland v New Zealand Under-23s 1963-64". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  2. "Otago v Wellington 1964-65". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  3. Wisden 1966, pp. 843-44.
  4. Alderson, Andrew (13 March 2018). "New Zealand Cricket's One Test Wonders: Peter Truscott". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
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