Peter Truscott
Peter Bennetts Truscott (born 14 August 1941) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played one Test against Pakistan in 1965.
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| Full name | Peter Bennetts Truscott | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 August 1941 Pahiatua, Manawatu, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 105) | 12 February 1965 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1961-62 | Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964-65 to 1965-66 | Wellington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cricket career
Truscott was a right-handed batsman who had a brief first-class career, lasting just five years. He played three matches for Canterbury without great success in 1961-62, and in the next two seasons played only for the New Zealand Under-23 side in one match each season. In 1963-64, he scored 165 when opening the batting for the Under-23s against Auckland,[1] and this remained his only first-class century.
In 1964–65 and 1965-66 Truscott played regularly for Wellington. In February 1965 he scored 45 and 50 at number three against Otago, taking part in second-wicket partnerships of 84 and 98 with Bruce Murray,[2] and he was selected for the Third Test against Pakistan at Christchurch that followed a few days later. Opening the batting, he scored 3 and 26,[3] but was not picked for the New Zealand team to tour India, Pakistan and England in 1965. He played for a New Zealand Cricket Council President's XI against the touring MCC in 1965-66, but played no more first-class cricket after the end of the season.
Later life
After his cricket career ended, Truscott and his family moved to Perth, Western Australia, where he worked as a bank accountant. Later he returned to New Zealand and ran a hotel in Nelson, then a motel in Whangarei, and also worked in the real estate business. He is retired and lives with his wife Sue in Orewa, a suburb of Auckland.[4]
See also
References
- "Auckland v New Zealand Under-23s 1963-64". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- "Otago v Wellington 1964-65". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- Wisden 1966, pp. 843-44.
- Alderson, Andrew (13 March 2018). "New Zealand Cricket's One Test Wonders: Peter Truscott". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
External links
- Peter Truscott at ESPNcricinfo
- Peter Truscott at CricketArchive (subscription required)