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Full name | Peter Bosworth Kirkwood Gracey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 12 December 1921 Bannu, North-West Frontier Province, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 13 September 2006 Rye, Sussex, England | (aged 84)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1945/46 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1947–1948 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 24 March 2020 |
Peter Bosworth Kirkwood Gracey (12 December 1921 – 13 September 2006) was an English British Army officer and sportsman.
The son of Hugh Malcolm Kirkwood Gracey, a soldier in the British Indian Army, and Elsie Marian Bosworth, he was born in British India at Bannu in December 1921. [1] He was educated in England at Wellington College. [2] Gracey served in the Second World War with the Royal Engineers, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in June 1942. [3] While serving in India, he made his debut in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Indians at Madras in a 1945–46 Madras Presidency Match. [4]
Returning to England after the war, he went up to Brasenose College, Oxford as a Heath Harrison Exhibitioner in 1946. [5] While studying at Oxford, he was awarded blues in golf and hockey, [2] and made four appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University, playing three matches in 1947 and a single match in 1948. [4] He scored 176 runs in first-class cricket, with his highest score of 61 coming for the Europeans. [6] He was later a member of the Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers. [7] Gracey died at Rye in September 2006. [8]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Peter Bosworth Kirkwood Gracey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 12 December 1921 Bannu, North-West Frontier Province, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 13 September 2006 Rye, Sussex, England | (aged 84)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1945/46 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1947–1948 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 24 March 2020 |
Peter Bosworth Kirkwood Gracey (12 December 1921 – 13 September 2006) was an English British Army officer and sportsman.
The son of Hugh Malcolm Kirkwood Gracey, a soldier in the British Indian Army, and Elsie Marian Bosworth, he was born in British India at Bannu in December 1921. [1] He was educated in England at Wellington College. [2] Gracey served in the Second World War with the Royal Engineers, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in June 1942. [3] While serving in India, he made his debut in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Indians at Madras in a 1945–46 Madras Presidency Match. [4]
Returning to England after the war, he went up to Brasenose College, Oxford as a Heath Harrison Exhibitioner in 1946. [5] While studying at Oxford, he was awarded blues in golf and hockey, [2] and made four appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University, playing three matches in 1947 and a single match in 1948. [4] He scored 176 runs in first-class cricket, with his highest score of 61 coming for the Europeans. [6] He was later a member of the Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers. [7] Gracey died at Rye in September 2006. [8]