John Pepper (cricketer)
John Pepper (born 21 October 1922) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University from 1946 to 1948.
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| Born | 21 October 1922 Wimbledon Park, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1946–1948 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 13 December 2018 | |||||||||||||||
Pepper attended The Leys School before going up to Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[1] The best of his three seasons for the University cricket team was 1947, when he was the team’s second-highest scorer with 673 runs at an average of 32.04.[2] He also hit his only century during the 1947 season, 185 in five and a half hours, when he opened the innings against Hampshire.[3]
References
- Wisden 1947, p. 210.
- Wisden 1948, p. 571.
- "Hampshire v Cambridge University 1947". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
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