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| Full name | Peter Anthony Gooch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 May 1949 Timperley, Cheshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979 | Minor Counties South | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978 | Minor Counties West | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1979 | Buckinghamshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971 | Cheshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970 | Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,6 May 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peter Anthony Gooch (born 2 May 1949) is a former English cricketer. Gooch was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Timperley,Cheshire.
Gooch made his first-class debut for Lancashire against Oxford University in 1970. He played 3 further first-class matches in 1970,the last coming against Glamorgan in the County Championship. [1] In his 4 first-class matches for Lancashire,he took 6 wickets at bowling average of 42.00,with best figures of 4/52. [2] A genuine tailender,Gooch failed to score in any of his first-class matches. [3] It was for Lancashire that he made his List A debut against Gloucestershire in the 1970 Gillette Cup,his only List A appearance for the county. [4]
The following season,having been released by Lancashire,he appeared in a single Minor Counties Championship match for Cheshire against the Lancashire Second XI,a team he had previously played for in the same competition. [5] Five years later he joined Buckinghamshire who he represented in Minor counties cricket until 1979. [5] While playing for Buckinghamshire,Gooch represented Minor Counties West in 4 List A matches in the 1978 Benson &Hedges Cup and Minor Counties South in 4 matches in the 1979 Benson &Hedges Cup. [4] He only appeared once for Buckinghamshire in List A cricket,which was his final appearance in that format,against Suffolk in the 1979 Gillette Cup. [4] In total,Gooch played 10 List A matches,taking 5 wickets at an expensive average of 63.60,with best figures of 3/51. [6]
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