Peter Petherick

Peter James Petherick (25 September 1942 – 7 June 2015) was a New Zealand cricketer who represented New Zealand in six Test cricket matches between October 1976 and March 1977 as an off-spinner. He is one of two New Zealand bowlers to achieve a hat-trick in Test matches. He is one of only three players, along with Maurice Allom and Damien Fleming, to have taken a hat-trick on Test debut.

Peter Petherick

Personal information
Full name	Peter James Petherick
Born	(1942-09-25)25 September 1942 Ranfurly, New Zealand
Died	7 June 2015(2015-06-07) (aged 72) Perth, Western Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm offbreak
International information
National side	New Zealand (1976–1977)
Test debut (cap 136)	9 October 1976 v Pakistan
Last Test	25 February 1977 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1975/76–1977/78	Otago
1978/79–1980/81	Wellington
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA Matches 6 52 2 Runs scored 34 200 2 Batting average 4.85 5.88 2.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 13 19* 2 Balls bowled 1,305 4,625 74 Wickets 16 189 1 Bowling average 42.56 24.44 53.00 5 wickets in innings 0 9 0 10 wickets in match 0 2 0 Best bowling 3/90 9/93 1/39 Catches/stumpings 4/– 27/– 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 April 2017

Domestic career

Making his first-class debut at 33,^[1] he played for Otago from 1975–76 to 1977–78, and for Wellington from 1978–79 to 1980–81. In his fifth match he took 9 for 93 in the first innings against Northern Districts,^[2] and he finished the 1975–76 season with 42 wickets at 20.13.

After cricket

After his retirement from cricket, Petherick took up lawn bowls, and skippered a two-man team to the final of the New Zealand national bowls championship in 2006.^[3] He died in Perth, Australia, on 7 June 2015.^[4][5]

See also

• List of Test cricket hat-tricks