Peter O'Reilly (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Date of Birth: 23-Jul-1964
Place of Birth: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Profession: writer, cricketer
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Peter O'Reilly (cricketer)
- Peter Mark O'Reilly (born 23 July 1964) is a former Irish sports journalist for The Sunday Times, and a former first-class cricketer. Born at Dublin, O'Reilly was educated in the city at Belvedere College.
- Aged 18, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Ireland against Scotland at Edinburgh in 1982.
- He spent 1983 and 1984 in England playing for Warwickshire Second XI, but was unable to force his way into the first eleven.
- He made a second first-class appearance for Ireland in 1984 against Scotland at Glasgow.
- A fast bowler, O'Reilly took 5 wickets across his two first-class matchs, at an average of 16.20, with best figures of 3/43.After two seasons in England, O'Reilly returned to Ireland to study art and history at University College Dublin.
- After graduating, he taught history at St.
- Andrew's College, Dublin.
- He briefly returned to the Irish side in 1990, playing minor matches against the touring New Zealanders, as well as touring Zimbabwe.
- Following the death of The Irish Times cricket correspondent Sean Pender, O'Reilly left his teaching job to fill the vacant cricket correspondent job at the newspaper.
- He became their rugby correspondent in 1995, a position he also held at various times with the Sunday Tribune and the Irish Independent.
- He is the current Irish rugby correspondent for The Sunday Times.
- O'Reilly has written books on Irish rugby, including the acclaimed Ireland and the Triple Crown, The Full Bag of Chips, released in 2004.
- His daughter, Lucy O'Reilly, plays for the Irish women's cricket team.
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