Peter Hare (cricketer)

Peter Hare
Personal information
Full name	Peter Macduff Christian Hare
Born	12 March 1920; Wokingham, Berkshire, England
Died	14 June 2001 (aged 81); Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
1939	Dorset
1947	Oxford University
Career statistics
Matches	1
Runs scored	39
Batting average	39.00
100s/50s	–/–
Top score	39
Catches/stumpings	2/–
	Source: Cricinfo, 5 May 2020

Peter Macduff Christian Hare (12 March 1920 – 14 June 2001) was an English first-class cricketer and educator.

Hare was born at Wokingham in March 1920. He was educated at Canford School,^[1] before going up to Worcester College, Oxford.^[2] He played minor counties cricket for Dorset in 1939,^[3] with Hare trialling for Oxford University in 1940, however both his studies and cricket were interrupted by the Second World War.^[1] He served in the war and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in May 1941.^[4] Following the war, he continued his studies at Oxford and made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Leicestershire at Oxford in 1947.^[5] Batting once in the match, he was dismissed for 39 runs in the Oxford first innings by Jack Walsh.^[6]

After graduating from Oxford, Hare became a schoolmaster at Rugby School for thirty years, before finishing his teaching career at Hanford School.^[1] He died at the Westminster Memorial Hospital at Shaftesbury in June 2001.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Player profile: Peter Hare". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
^ "Player profile: Peter Hare". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Peter Hare". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
^ "No. 35167". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 May 1941. p. 2877.
^ "First-Class Matches played by Peter Hare". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
^ "Oxford University v Leicestershire, 1947". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 May 2020.