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| Full name | Peter John Stimpson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 May 1947 Aberfan, Glamorgan, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1972 | Worcestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,19 October 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peter John Stimpson (born 25 May 1947) is a former Welsh first-class cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Worcestershire in 1971 and 1972.
Stimpson was playing for Worcestershire's Second XI as early as 1963,aged just 16, [1] but it was almost eight years before he made his first-team debut,playing against Oxford University at The University Parks in May 1971. He opened the batting,but in his only innings managed just 11. [2] However,he had several good innings later in the season,including the only first-class century of his career:103 against Glamorgan at Worcester. [3] He immediately followed this up with knocks of 88 and 42 not out against Warwickshire at Edgbaston. [4]
Stimpson had ended 1971 with 787 first-class runs at 27.13,but he suffered a run drought in early 1972,repeatedly being dismissed for very low scores. He did make 52 against Surrey in mid-May, [5] but it was not enough to prevent his return to the Second XI,and it was July before he re-established himself in the first team. Again he had a run of failures,but 88 in the County Championship against Kent brought him out of it, [6] and 52 against Essex in the John Player League (his only List A half-century) gave cause for further hope. [7] However,despite one more half-century (66 versus Nottinghamshire) by the end of the year he was struggling for runs once more,and 1972 was to be his second and last season of first-team county cricket.
Although Stimpson's career in senior cricket had ended,in the mid-1970s he appeared on several occasions for Zambia in East African tournaments,and in August 1976 produced an eye-catching performance,hitting 89 and 128* as an opener as Zambia beat Tanzania. [8]