Peter Marner, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Peter Marner

English cricketer and rugby union footballer

Date of Birth: 31-Mar-1936

Date of Death: 16-May-2007

Profession: cricketer, rugby union player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Peter Marner

  • Peter Thomas Marner (31 March 1936 – 16 May 2007) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire and then Leicestershire.
  • He was rated by Trevor Bailey as the most formidable English batsman without a Test cricket cap.Marner was born in Oldham, Lancashire.
  • An all-rounder, he played for Crompton in the Central Lancashire League aged 15, and made his first-class debut for Lancashire in 1952, aged 16 years and five months, against Sussex at Hove.
  • This made him the youngest person to ever play for Lancashire, beating the record set in 1879 by Johnny Briggs.
  • Powerfully built, he was a hard-hitting right-handed middle-order batsman, right-arm medium-pace seam bowler, and a good slip fielder. Marner is also in the record books for being the first person to win a limited-overs Man of the Match award, when Lancashire played its first Gillette Cup match against Leicestershire at Old Trafford in May 1963.
  • He scored the format's maiden century in that game with an innings of 121, and also took 3 wickets for 49 runs.He clashed with the authorities at Lancashire, and moved to Leicestershire after the 1964 season.
  • He toured Pakistan with a Commonwealth XI in 1967, but never played Test cricket.
  • He reached 1,000 first-class runs in 12 seasons, scored 18 centuries, took 360 wickets, and held 379 catches.Marner was also talented in rugby union playing for Oldham and the British Army during a two-year stint of National Service.
  • He also represented the Combined Services in cricket during that period.
  • He suffered a neck injury playing rugby which interrupted his career in both sports in the 1950s.He died in Oldham after a short illness.
  • He was survived by his wife Vera, daughter Sara and son Nick, who was a useful league fast bowler.

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