Charlie Peach
Charles William Peach (3 January 1900 – 27 February 1977), known as Charlie Peach, was an English first-class cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club in 1930 and 1931. He was born in Egerton in Kent in 1900.[1]
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Full name | Charles William Peach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Egerton, Kent | 3 January 1900||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 27 February 1977 77) Coxheath, Kent | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Alan Peach (cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1930–1931 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 24 May 1930 Kent v Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last FC | 8 July 1931 Kent v Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 22 October 2018 |
Peach played for The Mote Cricket Club in Maidstone and was "one of the mainstays" of the club's bowling attack for a number of years.[2] He made his Kent debut in 1930 against Yorkshire, taking six wickets, but his bowling action was queried throughout his short first-class career and, after playing 17 matches in 1930, he played in only two matches in 1931, although he played for the county Second XI throughout the season.[1][2] Peach was described in his Wisden obituary as bowling "right-arm, on the quick side of medium" with the ability to "produce a sharp off-break".[2] Despite the suspicions raised about his bowling action he was never no-balled as a result of it in his brief first-class career.[2]
Peach died at Coxheath near Maidstone in 1977 aged 77.[3] His cousin, Alan Peach, made over 300 appearances for Surrey between 1919 and 1931.[4]
References
- Charlie Peach, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
- Peach, Charles William, Obituaries in 1980, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1980. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
- Charles Peach, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
- Alan Peach, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-10-22.