Peter Capes

Peter Andrew Capes (born 26 February 1962) is an Australian businessman and former cricketer. He has been the CEO of the Subiaco Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) since 2010.

Peter Capes

Personal information
Full name	Peter Andrew Capes
Born	(1962-02-26) 26 February 1962 (age 63) East Fremantle, Western Australia
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1985/86–1992/93	Western Australia
FC debut	10 January 1986 Western Australia v New South Wales
Last FC	18 December 1992 Western Australia v Tasmania
LA debut	18 November 1987 Western Australia v New Zealanders
Last LA	27 October 1990 Western Australia v New South Wales
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 40 17 Runs scored 329 30 Batting average 10.28 7.50 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 23 12 Balls bowled 7,895 873 Wickets 124 15 Bowling average 31.66 37.93 5 wickets in innings 4 0 10 wickets in match 1 0 Best bowling 6/92 3/25 Catches/stumpings 8/– 3/-
Source: CricketArchive, 27 October 2011

Cricket career

Educated at Melville Senior High School, Capes was a left-arm fast-medium bowler for Western Australia, taking 124 wickets in 40 first-class games. His best innings figures were 6 for 92 in Western Australia's victory over the touring Pakistan team in December 1989.^[1] He had taken five wickets in each innings against Tasmania the previous January.^[2] He also played for the Prime Minister's XI in 1987.^[3]

Business career

After graduating with a Bachelor of Administration degree from Curtin University of Technology, Capes worked in the fields of human resource management and business development with Murdoch University, serving as an associate director, and Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service.^[4] He served on the West Australian cricket selection panel for two seasons between 2003 and 2005 before being appointed the CEO of East Fremantle Football Club in 2005.^[5] He left the club in 2010, and was appointed CEO of Subiaco in June 2010.^[6][7]