Ian George Peck (born 18 October 1957) is a former English cricketer. Peck was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Great Staughton, Huntingdonshire, and educated at Bedford School.
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| Full name | Ian George Peck | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 October 1957 Great Staughton, Cambridgeshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1985 | Bedfordshire | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1984 | Cambridge University | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1981 | Combined Universities | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1981 | Northamptonshire | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 24 September 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Peck made his debut in county cricket for Bedfordshire in the 1976 Minor Counties Championship against Buckinghamshire. The following season he made his List A debut for the county against Northumberland in the 1977 Gillette Cup.[1] Continuing to play Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire, Peck later attended Magdalene College, Cambridge,[2] making his first-class debut in 1978 for Cambridge University Cricket Club against Essex. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge University from 1978 to 1981, making 22 appearances, and captaining the university team in 1980 and 1981.[2][3] During this period he also made seven List A appearances for the Combined Universities spread over the 1980 and 1981 Benson & Hedges Cups.[4] In these matches, he scored 97 runs at an average of 32.33, with a high score of 31.[5] During this period he also made a single first-class appearance for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities against the touring Sri Lankans, as well as making two first-class appearances for Northamptonshire, making an appearance each in the 1980 County Championship against Somerset and in the 1981 County Championship against Yorkshire.[3]
In 1984, Peck undertook studies once more at Cambridge University, making four further first-class appearances for the university in that season.[3] In total, he made 26 first-class appearance for Cambridge University, scoring 483 runs at an average of 14.20, with a high score of 49 not out. Behind the stumps he took 11 catches.[6] He played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire until 1985, by which time he had made 33 Minor Counties Championship appearances[1] and two MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances.[7] He made a final List A appearance for Bedfordshire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy against Gloucestershire.[4] In this match he captained Bedfordshire, scoring a single run before being dismissed by Kevin Curran, with Gloucestershire winning by 141 runs.[8]
Peck was also a Cambridge blue at rugby union, captaining Cambridge University R.U.F.C. in the 1979 season, and came close to playing for the England national rugby union team as a member of the squad during the 1980 Five Nations Championship.[9]
After he left Cambridge, Peck taught at his old school, Bedford School.[10]
References edit
- ^ a b "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Ian Peck". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ a b Wisden 1981, p. 636.
- ^ a b c "First-Class Matches played by Ian Peck". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ a b "List A Matches played by Ian Peck". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Ian Peck". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Ian Peck". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Ian Peck". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ "Bedfordshire v Gloucestershire, 1985 NatWest Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ James, Steve (9 December 2013). "Annual Varsity rugby match always gives me the Cambridge double Blue blues". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ Wisden 1985, p. 633.