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Full name
  
Peter Anthony Simpkins

1958-1976
  
Berkshire

1962
  
Free Foresters


Batting style
  
Right-handed

Name
  
Peter Simpkins

Born
  
27 November 1928 (
1928-11-27
)
Dover, Kent, England

Died
  
4 January 2011(2011-01-04) (aged 82) Torquay, England

Bowling style
  
Slow left-arm orthodox

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Peter Anthony Simpkins (27 November 1928 – 4 January 2011) was a former English cricketer. Simpkins was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Dover, Kent.

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Simpkins made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Berkshire in 1958 against Dorset. From 1958 to 1976, he represented the county in 121 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came in the 1976 Championship when Berkshire played Oxfordshire.

Additionally, he also played 2 List-A matches for Berkshire. His first for the county came against Hertfordshire in the 1966 Gillette Cup. His second and final List-A match came in the 2nd round of the same tournament when Berkshire played Gloucestershire at the Church Road Cricket Ground, Reading. In his 2 matches, he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 29.00, with best figures of 2/54.

Simpkins also played a single first-class match during his career, which came for the Free Foresters when they played Oxford University in 1962. In his only first-class match, he took 3 wickets at an average of 38.00, with best figures of 3/69.

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References

Peter Simpkins Wikipedia