Peter Close - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Peter Close
- Peter Alwen Close (born 1 June 1943) is a former English cricketer.
- Close was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break.
- He was born in Murree, Punjab Province, in the British Raj (today in Pakistan).
- He was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College in England. While studying at Cambridge University, Close made his first-class debut for Cambridge University Cricket Club against Glamorgan in 1964.
- He made fourteen further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against Oxford University in 1965.
- In his fifteen first-class matches, he scored 344 runs at an average of 13.76, with a high score of 54.
- This score, which was his only first-class fifty, came against Glamorgan in 1965.Close also played Minor counties cricket for Dorset, making his debut for the county in the 1963 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire.
- He played Minor counties cricket for Dorset from 1963 to 1966, making 29 Minor Counties Championship appearances.
