Peter Sharp
cricketer
- August 11, 1939 · Invercargill
- February 18, 2012 · Christchurch
- 72 years
- cancer
About Peter Sharp
Peter Sharp was a cricketer from New Zealand. Born in 1939, Sharp died in 2012 at the age of 72 in Christchurch.
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|Peter Sharp (11 August 1939 – 18 February 2012) was a New Zealand cricketer. An off spinner, Sharp played eight first-class cricket matches for Canterbury between 1964 and 1966.
After his cricket career Sharp was at various times a selector for Canterbury, president of Cricket Canterbury and a board member of New Zealand Cricket.
Sharp also worked for 45 years as a cricket commentator for the now disbanded Radio Sport.
From 1956 Southland Boys' High School Old Boys Register: At School 1953–56. 1st XI, 1955–56. 1st XI (soccer), 1956. Senior fives champion (doubles), 1956. Prefect, 1956. R.S.M., 1956.
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