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Full name | Peter Aland Topley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Canterbury, Kent, England | 29 August 1950|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1972–1975 | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,21 April 2011 |
Peter Aland Topley (born 29 August 1950) is a former English cricketer. Topley was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Canterbury,Kent.
Topley made his first-class debut for Kent against Warwickshire at Hesketh Park,Dartford,in the 1972 County Championship. He made seventeen further first-class appearances for the county,the last of which came against Middlesex in the 1975 County Championship. [1] In his eighteen first-class appearances for Kent,he scored a total of 150 runs at an average of 10.71,with a high score of 38 not out. [2] With the ball,he took 14 wickets at a bowling average of 47.78,with best figures of 2/28. [3] Topley also made a single first-class appearance in 1973 for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Kent, [1] scoring 34 runs and taking a single wicket. [4] In addition to playing first-class cricket,Topley also made three List A appearances for Kent,against Glamorgan in 1972,Derbyshire in 1973,and Worcestershire in 1975. [5]
His brother,Don,and nephew,Reece Topley,have both played first-class cricket.
Since retiring from cricket Topley has worked as a driving instructor in Canterbury. [6]
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