Peter Murray-Willis

English cricketer

Peter Murray-Willis

Personal information
Full name|

Peter Earnshaw Murray-Willis

Born| (1910-07-14)14 July 1910
Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire, England
Died| 7 July 1995(1995-07-07) (aged 84)
Uckfield Park, Sussex, England
Batting| Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years| Team
1935–1936| Worcestershire
1938–1946| Northamptonshire
Career statistics
| Competition | First-class

|

Matches | 29
Runs scored | 467
Batting average | 10.37
100s/50s | 0/1
Top score | 54
Catches/stumpings | 3/–

Source: CricketArchive, 7 September 2007

Peter Earnshaw Murray-Willis (14 July 1910 - 7 July 1995) was an English first-class cricketer. He played 29 times at first-class level either side of the Second World War, at first for Worcestershire and then for Northamptonshire.

Despite his short career, in 1946 he not only won his county cap for Northamptonshire, but also captained the county on 18 occasions.[1] A Wisden writer much later called him a "somewhat miscast captain".[2]

Murray-Willis passed fifty only once in his first-class career: making 54 for Northamptonshire against his former county of Worcestershire, in a high-scoring match at Kidderminster in July 1946.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Player Oracle on CricketArchive". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 September 2007.
2. ^ Obituary of Bill Barron, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2007.
3. ^ "Worcestershire v Northamptonshire in 1946". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 September 2007.

## External links

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* Peter Murray-Willis at ESPNcricinfo

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