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Peter Thomas Marner (31 March 1936 – 16 May 2007) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire and then Leicestershire. He was rated by Trevor Bailey as the most formidable English batsman without a Test cricket cap.〔(Obituary ), ''The Times'', 28 May 2007.〕 Marner was born in Oldham, Lancashire.〔(Obituary ), ''The Independent'', 18 May 2007〕 An all-rounder, he played for Crompton in the Central Lancashire League aged 15, and made his first-class debut for Lancashire in 1952, aged 16 years and five months, against Sussex at Hove. This made him the youngest person to ever play for Lancashire, beating the record set in 1879 by Johnny Briggs.〔 Powerfully built, he was a hard-hitting right-handed middle-order batsman, right-arm medium-pace seam bowler, and a good slip fielder. Marner is also in the record books for being the first person to win a limited-overs Man of the Match award, when Lancashire played its first Gillette Cup match against Leicestershire at Old Trafford in May 1963.〔〔(Former Lancashire ace Marner dies ), BBC Sport, 16 May 2007.〕 He scored the format's maiden century in that game with an innings of 121, and also took 3 wickets for 49 runs.〔(Allrounder Peter Marner dies ), Cricinfo, 16 May 2007.〕 He clashed with the authorities at Lancashire, and moved to Leicestershire after the 1964 season. He toured Pakistan with a Commonwealth XI in 1967, but never played Test cricket. He reached 1,000 first-class runs in 12 seasons, scored 18 centuries, took 360 wickets, and held 379 catches.〔 Marner was also talented in rugby union playing for Oldham and the British Army during a two-year stint of National Service. He also represented the Combined Services in cricket during that period.〔(Obituary ), ''The Daily Telegraph'', 23 May 2007.〕 He suffered a neck injury playing rugby which interrupted his career in both sports in the 1950s.〔 He died in Oldham after a short illness.〔 He was survived by his wife Vera, daughter Sara and son Nick, who was a useful league fast bowler.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Marner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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