John Pepper (cricketer)

John Pepper (21 October 1922 – 30 March 2007) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University from 1946 to 1948.

John Pepper

Personal information
Born	(1922-10-21)21 October 1922 Wimbledon Park, London, England
Died	30 March 2007(2007-03-30) (aged 84) Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire, Wales
Batting	Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1946–1948	Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 29 Runs scored 1,108 Batting average 23.08 100s/50s 1/4 Top score 185 Catches/stumpings 5/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 December 2018

Pepper attended The Leys School before going up to Emmanuel College, Cambridge.^[1] The best of his three seasons for the University cricket team was 1947, when he was the team’s second-highest scorer with 673 runs at an average of 32.04.^[2] He also hit his only century during the 1947 season, 185 in five and a half hours, when he opened the innings against Hampshire.^[3]

He died in Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire in March 2007 at the age of 84.^[4][5]