Peter Neutze

Peter Stephen Neutze (born 5 September 1963) is a New Zealand former cricketer. He played 15 first-class cricket and six List A matches for Otago, Auckland, and Northern Districts between the 1984–85 and 1989–90 seasons.^[1]

Peter Neutze

Personal information
Full name	Peter Stephen Neutze
Born	(1963-09-05) 5 September 1963 (age 61) Auckland, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm leg break
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1984/85	Otago
1987/88–1988/89	Auckland
1989/90	Northern Districts
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 15 6 Runs scored 107 11 Batting average 8.91 5.50 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 40 10 Balls bowled 2,775 72 Wickets 30 0 Bowling average 44.53 – 5 wickets in innings 1 – 10 wickets in match 0 – Best bowling 5/109 – Catches/stumpings 5/– 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 February 2010

Neutze was born at Auckland in 1963.^[2] He played as a right-arm leg-spin bowler. His best innings figures came in his debut match when he took 5 for 109 for Otago against Central Districts in January 1985.^[3] His best match figures came four years later for Auckland, when he took seven wickets – 4 for 41 and 3 for 71 – against Central Districts in February 1989.^[4] A tail-end batsman, in his last first-class match in February 1990 he scored 40 for Northern Districts, adding 85 for the ninth wicket in 53 minutes with Brendon Bracewell against Otago.^[5]

Professionally Neutze worked as a lawyer until he was indefinitely suspended in 2006 after a series of complaints made against him.^[2][6][7]