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Peter Nelson
Personal information
Full name
Peter Maurice Nelson
Born22 March 1913
Bradfield, Berkshire, England
Died12 March 1998(1998-03-12) (aged 84)
Newbury, Berkshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1931Oxfordshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 62
Batting average 62.00
100s/50s –/1
Top score 62
Balls bowled 120
Wickets 1
Bowling average 63.00
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 1/63
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 16 April 2019

Peter Maurice Nelson (22 March 1913 – 12 February 1998) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Nelson served in the Royal Berkshire Regiment from 1933–1946, during which he saw service in the Second World War. He also played first-class cricket for the British Army cricket team.

Life and military career

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Nelson was born at Bradfield and educated at Marlborough College.[1] He played minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire in 1931, making a single appearance in the Minor Counties Championship.[2] From Marlborough he attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, graduating as a second lieutenant into the Royal Berkshire Regiment in August 1933.[3] He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in August 1936.[4] He made his only appearance in first-class cricket for the British Army cricket team against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1939.[5] He batted once during the match, scoring 62 runs in the Army's first-innings, before being dismissed by Patrick Dickinson.[6] With his right-arm off break bowling, he took a single wicket when he dismissed John Blake in the Cambridge University second-innings.[6]

Nelson served in the Second World War, during which he was promoted to the rank of captain in August 1941.[7] Following the war, he was promoted to the rank of major in August 1946.[8] He retired from active service four months later on account of disability.[9] In later life he was a horse trainer and breeder.[10] He died at Newbury in February 1998.

References

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  1. ^ "Player profile: Peter Nelson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Peter Nelson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  3. ^ "No. 33974". The London Gazette. 1 September 1933. p. 5734.
  4. ^ "No. 34319". The London Gazette. 1 September 1936. p. 5661.
  5. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Peter Nelson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Cambridge University v Army, 1939". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  7. ^ "No. 35262". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 September 1941. p. 5085.
  8. ^ "No. 37706". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 August 1946. p. 4351.
  9. ^ "No. 37809". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 December 1946. p. 5956.
  10. ^ "No. 46245". The London Gazette. 25 March 1974. p. 3876.
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