Peter Truscott
Peter Bennetts Truscott (born 14 August 1941, at Pahiatua, Manawatu, New Zealand), is a former New Zealand cricketer who played one Test against Pakistan in 1965.
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Full name | Peter Bennetts Truscott | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Pahiatua, Manawatu | 14 August 1941|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test (cap 105) | 12 February 1965 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 1 April 2017 |
Cricket career
Truscott was a right-handed batsman who had a brief first-class career, lasting just five years. He played three matches for Canterbury without great success in 1961-62, and in the next two seasons played only for the New Zealand Under-23 side in one match each season. In 1963-64, he scored 165 when opening the batting for the Under-23s against Auckland,[1] and this remained his only first-class century.
In 1964–65 and 1965-66 Truscott played regularly for Wellington. In February 1965 he scored 45 and 50 at number three against Otago, taking part in second-wicket partnerships of 84 and 98 with Bruce Murray,[2] and he was selected for the Third Test against Pakistan at Christchurch that followed a few days later. Opening the batting, he scored 3 and 26,[3] but was not picked for the New Zealand team to tour India, Pakistan and England in 1965. He played for a New Zealand Cricket Council President's XI against the touring MCC in 1965-66, but played no more first-class cricket after the end of the season.
See also
References
- "Auckland v New Zealand Under-23s 1963-64". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- "Otago v Wellington 1964-65". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- Wisden 1966, pp. 843-44.
External links
- Peter Truscott at ESPNcricinfo
- Peter Truscott at CricketArchive (subscription required)