Peter Close

Peter Alwen Close (1 June 1943 – 16 February 2025) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Murree, Punjab Province, in the British Raj (today in Pakistan). He was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College in England.

Peter Close

Personal information
Full name	Peter Alwen Close
Born	(1943-06-01)1 June 1943 Murree, Punjab Province, then India
Died	16 February 2025(2025-02-16) (aged 81) Hawkhurst, Kent
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1964–1965	Cambridge University
1963–1966	Dorset
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 15 Runs scored 344 Batting average 13.76 100s/50s –/1 Top score 54 Balls bowled 78 Wickets 1 Bowling average 44.00 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 1/6 Catches/stumpings 14/–
Source: Cricinfo, 5 September 2011

While studying at Cambridge University, Close made his first-class debut for Cambridge University Cricket Club against Glamorgan in 1964. He made fourteen further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against Oxford University in 1965.^[1] In his fifteen first-class matches, he scored 344 runs at an average of 13.76, with a high score of 54.^[2] This score, which was his only first-class fifty, came against Glamorgan in 1965.^[3]

Close also played Minor counties cricket for Dorset, making his debut for the county in the 1963 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Dorset from 1963 to 1966, making 29 Minor Counties Championship appearances.^[4]

He died at Hawkhurst, Kent on 16 February 2025.^[5]