Peter Courtenay (cricketer)

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Peter Courtenay
Personal information
Full name
Peter Jeofry Searle Courtenay
Born(1914-03-11)11 March 1914
Weymouth, Dorset, England
Died7 April 1959(1959-04-07) (aged 45)
Broadstone, Dorset, England
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman
RelationsBrother, Geof
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1934Somerset
First-class debut30 June 1934 Somerset v Derbyshire
Last First-class6 July 1934 Somerset v Essex
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 15
Batting average 3.75
100s/50s –/–
Top score 9
Balls bowled
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: CricketArchive, 20 March 2011

Peter Jeofry Searle Courtenay (11 March 1914 – 7 April 1959) played first-class cricket for Somerset in two matches in the 1934 season.[1] He was born at Weymouth in Dorset and died at Broadstone, also in Dorset. His younger brother Geofry also played for Somerset.

Educated at Marlborough College, Courtenay played as a lower-order right-handed batsman in two matches inside a week for Somerset, but was not successful, failing to reach double figures in any of his four first-class innings.

In the Second World War, he is recorded in the London Gazette as being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army in Burma Reserve of Officers (ABRO).[2] In 1959, he killed himself with a shotgun while suffering from depression.[3][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Peter Courtenay". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  2. ^ "No. 35883". The London Gazette. 29 January 1943. p. 561.
  3. ^ "Secretary of golf club found shot". Evening Post. 4 April 1959. p. 24. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Golf Club Secretary Shot Himself". The Birmingham Post. 7 April 1959. p. 30. Retrieved 17 October 2023.