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Full name | Peter Mark O'Reilly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Dublin, Leinster, Ireland | 23 July 1964||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Lucy O'Reilly (daughter) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1982–1984 | Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,22 October 2018 |
Peter Mark O'Reilly (born 23 July 1964) is a Irish sports journalist for The Sunday Times,and a former first-class cricketer.
Born at Dublin,O'Reilly was educated in the city at Belvedere College. [1] Aged 18,he made his debut in first-class cricket for Ireland against Scotland at Edinburgh in 1982. [2] He spent 1983 and 1984 in England playing for Warwickshire Second XI,but was unable to force his way into the first eleven. [1] He made a second first-class appearance for Ireland in 1984 against Scotland at Glasgow. [2] A fast bowler,O'Reilly took 5 wickets across his two first-class matches,at an average of 16.20,with best figures of 3/43. [3]
After two seasons in England,O'Reilly returned to Ireland to study art and history at University College Dublin. [1] After graduating,he taught history at St. Andrew's College,Dublin. [1] He briefly returned to the Irish side in 1990,playing minor matches against the touring New Zealanders,as well as touring Zimbabwe. [1] [4] Following the death of The Irish Times cricket correspondent Sean Pender,O'Reilly left his teaching job to fill the vacant cricket correspondent job at the newspaper. [1] He became their rugby correspondent in 1995,a position he also held at various times with the Sunday Tribune and the Irish Independent . [1] He is the current Irish rugby correspondent for The Sunday Times . [1] O'Reilly has written books on Irish rugby,including the acclaimed Ireland and the Triple Crown,The Full Bag of Chips,released in 2004. [1] His daughter,Lucy O'Reilly,plays for the Irish women's cricket team.
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