Peter Cranmer

English sportsman

Peter Cranmer

Cranmer in 1947

Personal information
Full name|

Peter Cranmer

Born| (1914-09-10)10 September 1914
Acocks Green, Birmingham, England
Died| 29 May 1994(1994-05-29) (aged 79)
Peacehaven, Sussex, England
Batting| Right-handed
Bowling| Right-arm medium-fast
Role| Batsman
Domestic team information
Years| Team
1934–1954| Warwickshire
Career statistics
| Competition | First-class

|

Matches | 175
Runs scored | 5,853
Batting average | 21.59
100s/50s | 4/30
Top score | 113
Balls bowled | 1,984
Wickets | 29
Bowling average | 41.65
5 wickets in innings | 1
10 wickets in match | 0
Best bowling | 7/52
Catches/stumpings | 125/–

Source: CricketArchive, 8 October 2022

Rugby player

Peter Cranmer

Birth name| Peter Cranmer

|

School| St Edward's School, Oxford
University| Christ Church, Oxford
Rugby union career
| Position(s)|  Centre three-quarter

|

Senior career
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
|  Moseley Rugby Football Club[1]|  |  ()
International career
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
1934–1938[2]|  England|  16|  (Tries (1); Pen (1); Drop (2))

Peter Cranmer (10 September 1914 – 29 May 1994) was an English sportsman who captained Warwickshire in first-class cricket and earlier in his career represented England at rugby union. After World War II he gave up on rugby and focused purely on cricket.

## Cricket

[edit]

While primarily a specialist batsman, Cranmer was also a decent medium pace bowler. His highest score at first-class level was made for Warwickshire in his first year, an innings of 113 versus Northamptonshire at Edgbaston.[3] Although he went to Christ Church, Oxford, he did not play cricket for the university side.

Cranmer, a Major, served with the military during the war and spent time in both Burma and Egypt. He ended up at India in 1944 and appeared in a cricket match for the Europeans team. Cranmer also performed particularly well with the ball in a first-class match for the Bengal Governor's XI when he took 7 for 52 against Services XI at Eden Gardens.[4]

He had been appointed captain of Warwickshire in 1938 and remained in the role until 1947 before he retired, citing business commitments. One of his final innings as captain was in a match against the touring South Africans when he made 101 runs.[5] Cranmer subsequently captained Warwickshire's second eleven in the 1960s and 1970s, playing his final season at the age of 57.[6]

## Rugby

[edit]

Cranmer played for Oxford University RFC in two Varsity Matches and made his debut for England at the age of 21 in 1934. He played for England from 1934 and 1938, earning 16 caps, and took part in their Triple Crown winning Home Nations Championship campaigns of 1934 and 1937. A centre three-quarter, he also captained his country twice in the 1938 season. In 1936 he was a member of the English team which defeated New Zealand for the first time and helped to set up Alexander Obolensky's famous tries.[7] Cranmer had to decline an invitation to take part in the 1938 British Lions tour to South Africa because of his commitment as Warwickshire's cricket captain and although he took part in an England trial match in 1939, injury prevented him playing for the national team that season. He played in two wartime rugby internationals but that marked the end of his high-level rugby career.[6]

## Later life

[edit]

After leaving cricket, Cranmer became a journalist and worked with BBC Midlands. He commentated on two Test Matches for Test Match Special, one in 1965 and one in 1968.[8] Illness caused him to retire from his job in 1976 and he began to use a wheelchair when he had both legs amputated. He died in 1994 at his home town of Peacehaven, Sussex.[9]

## Bibliography

[edit]

David Goodyear, 'Tiz All Accordin' – The Life of Peter Cranmer, Brewin Books, 2000, ISBN 1-85858-153-2.

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Steve Lewis, One among Equals, page 278, 2008 (Vertical Editions:London)
2. ^ Scrum.com – Peter Cranmer
3. ^ "Warwickshire v Northamptonshire 1934". CricketArchive.
4. ^ "Bengal Governor's XI v Services XI 1944/45". CricketArchive.
5. ^ "Warwickshire v South Africans 1947". CricketArchive.
6. ^ a b Richards, Huw. "The man who set up Obolensky's try". espn.co.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
7. ^ "Scrum: Peter Cranmer". Scrum.com.
8. ^ Christopher Martin-Jenkins, Ball by Ball: The Story of Cricket Broadcasting, Grafton Books, 1990, ISBN 0-246-13568-9, pp184-5
9. ^ "Peter Cranmer profile". Cricinfo.

* v
* t
* e

England national rugby union team captains

To 1900|

* 1871–1873: Frederick Stokes
* 1874: Alfred Hamersley
* 1875: Henry Lawrence
* 1875–1876: Francis Luscombe
* 1877 – Mar 1878: Edward Kewley
* Mar 1878: Murray Marshall
* 1879: Frank Adams
* 1880–1881: Lennard Stokes
* Feb 1882: Charles Gurdon
* Mar 1882: Albert Hornby
* Dec 1882 – 1885: Edward Gurdon
* Jan–Feb 1886: Charles Marriott
* Mar 1886: Edward Gurdon
* 1887: Alan Rotherham
* 1889: Fred Bonsor
* Feb 1890: Andrew Stoddart
* Mar 1890: John Hickson
* Mar 1890: Andrew Stoddart
* 1891 – Jan 1892: Frederic Alderson
* Feb 1892: Sammy Woods
* Mar 1892: Frederic Alderson
* Jan 1893: Andrew Stoddart
* Feb 1893: Sammy Woods
* Mar 1893: Andrew Stoddart
* Jan–Feb 1894: Richard Lockwood
* Mar 1894: Ernest Taylor
* 1895: Sammy Woods
* 1896: Ernest Taylor
* Mar 1896: Frank Mitchell
* 1897: Ernest Taylor
* 1898: James Byrne
* 1899: Arthur Rotherham

To the First World War|

* Jan 1900: Richard Cattell
* 1900: John Daniell
* Jan 1901: Jack Taylor
* Feb–Mar 1901: William Bunting
* Jan 1902: Harry Alexander
* Feb–Mar 1902: John Daniell
* Jan–Feb 1903: Bernard Oughtred
* Mar 1903: Toggie Kendall
* Jan 1904: Frank Stout
* Feb–Mar 1904: John Daniell
* Jan–Mar 1905: Frank Stout
* Dec 1905 – Dec 1906: Vincent Cartwright
* Jan 1907: Basil Hill
* Feb 1907: John Green
* Mar 1907: Ernest Roberts
* Jan 1908: Thomas Kelly
* Jan 1908: John Birkett
* Feb 1908: Curly Hammond
* Mar 1908: Lancelot Slocock
* Jan 1909: George Lyon
* Jan–Mar 1909: Robert Dibble
* Jan–Feb 1910: Adrian Stoop
* Mar 1910: Edgar Mobbs
* Mar 1910 – Feb 1911: John Birkett
* Mar 1911: Anthony Henniker-Gotley
* Jan–Mar 1912: Robert Dibble
* Apr 1912 – Mar 1913: Norman Wodehouse
* 1914: Ronald Poulton

To the Second World War|

* 1920: John Greenwood
* 1921: Dave Davies
* Jan 1922: Bruno Brown
* Feb 1922 – 1923: Dave Davies
* 1924–1926: Wavell Wakefield
* 1927: Leonard Corbett
* 1928 – Feb 1929: Ronald Cove-Smith
* Mar 1929 – Feb 1930: Joe Periton
* Feb 1930 – Jan 1931: Sam Tucker
* Feb 1931: Peter Howard
* Mar 1931 – Jan 1933: Carl Aarvold
* Feb–Mar 1933: Tony Novis
* 1934: Bernard Gadney
* Jan–Feb 1935: Douglas Kendrew
* Mar 1935 – Mar 1936: Bernard Gadney
* 1937: Tuppy Owen-Smith
* Jan–Feb 1938: Peter Cranmer
* Mar 1938 – Mar 1939: Henry Toft

To the professional era|

* Jan–Feb 1947: Joe Mycock
* Mar–Apr 1947: Jack Heaton
* Jan 1948: Edward Scott
* Jan 1948: Tommy Kemp
* Feb–Mar 1948: Edward Scott
* Mar 1948: Bob Weighill
* Jan–Feb 1949: Nim Hall
* Feb 1949 – Mar 1950: Ivor Preece
* Jan 1951: Vic Roberts
* Feb–Mar 1951: John Kendall-Carpenter
* Jan 1952 – Mar 1953: Nim Hall
* 1954: Bob Stirling
* Jan–Feb 1955: Nim Hall
* Feb–Mar 1955: Peter Young
* Jan 1956 – Mar 1958: Eric Evans
* 1959: Jeffrey Butterfield
* 1960–1962: Dickie Jeeps
* Jan–Mar 1963: Richard Sharp
* May–Jun 1963: Mike Weston
* Jan–Feb 1964: John Willcox
* Feb–Mar 1964: Ron Jacobs
* 1965: David Perry
* 1966: Budge Rogers
* Jan 1967: Richard Sharp
* Feb–Nov 1967: Philip Judd
* Jan–Feb 1968: Colin McFadyean
* Feb–Mar 1968: Mike Weston
* Feb 1969: Dick Greenwood
* Feb–Apr 1969: Budge Rogers
* Dec 1969 – Mar 1970: Bob Hiller
* Apr 1970: Bob Taylor
* Jan 1971: Tony Bucknall
* Feb 1971: John Spencer
* Feb 1971: Bob Hiller
* Mar–Apr 1971: John Spencer
* Jan–Feb 1972: Bob Hiller
* Feb–Mar 1972: Peter Dixon
* Jun 1972 – Mar 1974: John Pullin
* Jan–Feb 1975: Fran Cotton
* Mar–May 1975: Tony Neary
* May 1975: John Pullin
* Jan–Mar 1976: Tony Neary
* 1977: Roger Uttley
* 1978: Bill Beaumont
* Feb 1979: Roger Uttley
* Feb 1979 – Jan 1982: Bill Beaumont
* Feb 1982 – Feb 1983: Steve Smith
* Mar 1983: John Scott
* Nov 1983 – Mar 1984: Peter Wheeler
* Jun 1984: John Scott
* Nov 1984: Nigel Melville
* 1985: Paul Dodge
* 1986: Nigel Melville
* Feb–Mar 1987: Richard Hill
* Apr 1987 – Feb 1988: Mike Harrison
* Mar 1988: Nigel Melville
* Apr–Jun 1988: John Orwin
* Jun 1988: Richard Harding
* Nov 1988 – Mar 1989: Will Carling
* May 1989: Rob Andrew
* Nov 1989 – May 1995: Will Carling
* May 1995: Rob Andrew
* Jun 1995: Will Carling

To the present day|

* Nov 1995 – Mar 1996: Will Carling
* Nov 1996: Phil de Glanville
* Dec 1996: Jason Leonard
* Feb–Jul 1997: Phil de Glanville
* Nov 1997 – Apr 1998: Lawrence Dallaglio
* Jun 1998: Tony Diprose
* Jun–Jul 1998: Matt Dawson
* Nov 1998: Martin Johnson
* Nov 1998 – Apr 1999: Lawrence Dallaglio
* Jun–Oct 1999: Martin Johnson
* Feb–Apr 2000: Matt Dawson
* Jun 2000 – Apr 2001: Martin Johnson
* Jun 2001: Kyran Bracken
* Oct 2001: Matt Dawson
* Nov 2001: Neil Back
* Nov 2001 – Mar 2002: Martin Johnson
* Mar–Apr 2002: Neil Back
* Jun 2002: Phil Vickery
* Nov 2002 – Feb 2003: Martin Johnson
* Mar 2003: Jonny Wilkinson
* Mar–Jun 2003: Martin Johnson
* Aug 2003: Jason Leonard
* Aug 2003: Dorian West
* Sep–Oct 2003: Martin Johnson
* Nov 2003: Phil Vickery
* Nov 2003: Martin Johnson
* Feb–Jun 2004: Lawrence Dallaglio
* Nov 2004 – Feb 2005: Jason Robinson
* Mar 2005 – Mar 2006: Martin Corry
* Jun 2006: Pat Sanderson
* Nov 2006: Martin Corry
* Feb 2007: Phil Vickery
* Mar 2007: Mike Catt
* May 2007: Jason Robinson
* Jun 2007: Jonny Wilkinson
* Aug 2007: Phil Vickery
* Aug 2007: Mike Catt
* Aug–Sep 2007: Phil Vickery
* Sep 2007: Martin Corry
* Oct 2007 – Feb 2008: Phil Vickery
* Feb 2008: Steve Borthwick
* Feb–Mar 2008: Phil Vickery
* Jun 2008 – Mar 2010: Steve Borthwick
* Mar–Nov 2010: Lewis Moody
* Nov 2010: Nick Easter
* Nov 2010: Lewis Moody
* Feb 2011: Mike Tindall
* Aug 2011: Lewis Moody
* Aug–Sep 2011: Mike Tindall
* Sep–Oct 2011: Lewis Moody
* Feb–Jun 2012: Chris Robshaw
* Jun 2012: Dylan Hartley
* Nov 2012 – Mar 2013: Chris Robshaw
* Jun 2013: Tom Wood
* Nov 2013 – Oct 2015: Chris Robshaw
* Feb 2016 – Mar 2018: Dylan Hartley
* Mar 2018: Owen Farrell
* Mar 2018: Dylan Hartley
* Jun–Nov 2018: Owen Farrell
* Nov 2018: George Ford
* Nov 2018 – Mar 2019: Owen Farrell
* Aug 2019: George Ford
* Aug–Sep 2019: Owen Farrell
* Sep 2019: George Ford
* Oct 2019 – Mar 2021: Owen Farrell
* Jul 2021: Lewis Ludlow
* Nov 2021: Courtney Lawes
* Nov 2021: Owen Farrell
* Nov 2021: Courtney Lawes
* Feb 2022: Tom Curry
* Feb–Jul 2022: Courtney Lawes
* Nov 2022 – Feb 2023: Owen Farrell
* Mar 2023: Ellis Genge
* Mar 2023: Owen Farrell
* Aug 2023: Ellis Genge
* Aug 2023: Owen Farrell
* Aug–Sep 2023: Courtney Lawes
* Sep–Oct 2023: Owen Farrell
* Feb–Nov 2024: Jamie George
* Feb–Mar 2025: Maro Itoje
* Jul 2025: George Ford

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* FAST
* WorldCat

National|

* United States

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template