Full name Peter Colin Graham 1985 & 1994 Minor Counties Batting style Right-handed Name Peter Graham | Role Cricket Player Relations Norman Graham (cousin) Died April 17, 2015 | |
Born 25 December 1954 ( 1954-12-25 ) Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England 1999 Yorkshire Cricket Board | ||
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium | ||
Peter Colin Graham (25 December 1954-17 April 2015) was an English cricketer. Graham was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.
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Graham made his debut for Northumberland against the Lancashire Second XI in the 1976 Minor Counties Championship. From 1976 to 1996, he represented the county in 116 Championship matches, the last of which came against Cumberland. Graham also represented the county in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, making his debut for the county in the 1985 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Durham. From 1985 to 1995, he represented the county in 14 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Suffolk.
It was while representing Northumberland that Graham made his debut in List A cricket for a Minor Counties team against Kent in the 1985 Benson and Hedges Cup. The following year he played his first List A match for Northumberland in the 1986 NatWest Trophy against Essex. From 1986 to 1994, he represented the county in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against Nottinghamshire. In 1994, he played his second and final one-day match for the Minor Counties against Nottinghamshire in the Benson and Hedges Cup.
Graham played his only first-class match in 1994 for the combined Minor Counties teams against the touring South Africans. In this match he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 20.75, with best figures of 2/39.
He later represented the Yorkshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Buckinghamshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. In his career total of 8 List A matches, he took 6 wickets at an average of 46.50, with best figures of 2/28.
Family
His cousin, Norman Graham, represented Kent and the Marylebone Cricket Club in first-class cricket, as well as Northumberland in List A and Minor Counties cricket.
Later years
Graham went onto open a sports shop in Yeadon, Leeds. He died following an illness.