Peter May (cricketer)
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Peter Barker Howard May CBE (31 December 1929 – 27 December 1994) was an English cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club, Cambridge University and England. Already a cricketing prodigy during his school days, May played his entire cricket career as an amateur, and was regarded by many players and fans as England's finest batsman in the post-war era.[1]
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Full name | Peter Barker Howard May | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1929-12-31)31 December 1929 Reading, Berkshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 27 December 1994(1994-12-27) (aged 64) Liphook, Hampshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 361) | 26 July 1951 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 17 August 1961 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1950–1963 | Surrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1950–1952 | Cambridge University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 May 2019 |
Described in his Wisden obituary as "tall and handsome with a batting style that was close to classical, and... the hero of a generation of school boys",[2] May was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1981, and posthumously inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2009.[3] Wisden Cricketer's Almanack described May as a "schoolboy prodigy" who went on to become "one of England’s finest batsmen".[4]