Bobby Peel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Bobby Peel

English cricket player

Date of Birth: 12-Feb-1857

Place of Birth: Churwell, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 12-Aug-1941

Profession: cricket umpire, cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Bobby Peel

  • Robert Peel (12 February 1857 – 12 August 1941) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire between 1883 and 1897.
  • Primarily a left-arm spin bowler, Peel was also an effective left-handed batsman who played in the middle order.
  • Between 1884 and 1896, he was regularly selected to represent England, playing 20 Test matches in which he took 101 wickets.
  • Over the course of his career, he scored 12,191 runs and took 1,775 wickets in first-class cricket.
  • A match-winning bowler, particularly when conditions favoured his style, Peel generally opened the attack, an orthodox tactic for a spinner at the time, and was highly regarded by critics. Peel began playing for Yorkshire in 1883 but, after a successful debut, was overshadowed in the team by Edmund Peate and often played only a minor role with the ball.
  • Improvements in his batting and his excellence as a fielder kept him in the team, and when Peate was sacked for drunkenness in 1887, Peel became Yorkshire's main spinner.
  • He had already played for England, touring Australia with two professional teams, although he did not play a Test in England until 1888.
  • Over the following years he regularly took over 100 wickets in each season and often played in the prestigious Gentlemen v Players matches.
  • He was generally Yorkshire's leading bowler—until the emergence of George Hirst, he generally received little support from other members of the attack—and often among their leading batsmen.
  • His best season in county cricket came in 1896, when he recorded the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets, and made his highest first-class score of 210.
  • Among his notable feats in Tests, he bowled England to victory after they had followed on in Australia in 1894–95 and took six for 23 in his final Test.
  • The first English cricketer to reach 100 wickets against Australia, in 1894–95 he also became the first player to fail to score in four successive Test innings. As a player, Peel was very popular and admirers often entertained him socially; he became well known for liking alcohol.
  • On the morning of the match that England won after following on, Peel was intoxicated and had to be sobered up.
  • In 1897, he was suspended by Yorkshire for drunkenness during a match.
  • Although it is unclear what exactly happened—Peel said he slipped when fielding, but Hirst later recalled that he came on the field drunk and when asked to leave, bowled a ball in the wrong direction—he never played for the county again.
  • Decades later, a widely circulated story suggested that Peel urinated on the pitch before being sent away.
  • Historians consider the story unlikely, and attribute it to a misunderstanding by its reporter.
  • Peel continued to play and coach cricket for most of his life and in later years became associated with Yorkshire once again.
  • Among his other jobs, he became the landlord of a public house and worked in a mill.
  • He died in 1941 at the age of 84.

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