Peter Topley
Cricket Player
1950 –
Who is Peter Topley?
Peter Aland Topley is a former English cricketer. Topley was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox, and who occasionally fielded as a wicket-keeper. 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. 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. With the ball, he took 14 wickets at a bowling average of 47.78, with best figures of 2/28. Topley also made a single first-class appearance in 1973 for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Kent, scoring 34 runs and taking a single wicket. 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. He wasn't required to bat or bowl in any of these matches.
His brother, Don, and nephew, Reece Topley, have both played first-class cricket. He now runs a driving school in Canterbury, Kent.
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