From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cec Pepper
Cec Pepper
Cec Pepper Batting average 29.64
100s/50s 1/12
Top score 168
Balls bowled 9698
Wickets 171
Bowling average 29.35
5 wickets in 7
innings
10 wickets in 0
match
Best bowling 6/33
Catches/stumpings
Catches/stumpings 41/–
Source: CricketArchive, 22 January 2009
Cecil George Pepper (15 September 1916 - 22 March 1993)
was an Australian first-class cricketer. An allrounder, he
Pepper (left) walks out to bat with Keith Miller was the first to complete the double twice in the Central
Lancashire League. With the bat he once hit 38 runs off an
Personal information
eight ball over.[1] He fought in World War II in the Middle
Full name Cecil George Pepper East and New Guinea. After retiring he became an umpire
in county cricket from 1964 until 1980. He remained in
Born 15 September 1916(1916-09-15)
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia England and died in 1993 at Lancashire.
Career highlights included an innings he played for
Died 22 March 1993(1993-03-22) (aged 76) New South Wales at Brisbane in 1940-41 when he made
Littleborough, Greater Manchester,
England 81 with all but 7 of them coming in boundaries. His best
bowling figures of 6 for 33 came in 1949-50 when touring
Batting style Right-hand batsman India with a Commonwealth side. He took a hat-trick in
Bowling style Right-arm leg break and googly the match.
Pepper became embroiled in a row that is widely be-
Role All-rounder, Umpire
lieved to have cost him Test selection. Teammates Keith
Domestic team information Miller and Dick Whitington regarded him as one of the
best all rounders in the world and a certainty for Aus-
Years Team
tralian Test selection. Pepper appealed for leg before
1938–1941 New South Wales wicket against Australian captain Don Bradman in a
match against South Australia. The appeal was turned
First-class 25 November 1938
debut New South Wales v Queensland down and Pepper complained to the umpire, prompting
Bradman, who was also a member of the Australian
Last First-class 4 September 1957 Board, to lodge a complaint about Pepper. Pepper was
Commonwealth XI v England XI
subsequently never selected for Australia.[2] Cricket his-
Career statistics torian Gideon Haigh said that "[team manager Keith]
Johnson was clearly upset by the affair, and also by the
Competition First-class
failure of the [national] selection panel [Bradman among
Matches 44 them] ... to send Pepper, second only to Miller as a crick-
eter in the Services XI, to New Zealand".[3] Johnson tried
Runs scored 1927
to intercede on Pepper’s behalf to no avail, although the
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other board members claimed that no directive had been Persondata
given to the selectors to exclude Pepper.[3]
Name Pepper, Cec
Alternative
References names
[1] Cricinfo profile, Cricinfo. Short description
[2] Pollard (1988), p. 372. Date of birth 15 September 1916
[3] ^ Haigh and Frith, pp. 98–99.
Place of birth Forbes, New South Wales
Date of death 22 March 1993
External links Place of death Littleborough, Greater Manches-
• Player profile: Cec Pepper from ESPNcricinfo ter
• Player profile: Cec Pepper from CricketArchive
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cec_Pepper&oldid=436162289"
Categories:
• 1916 births
• 1993 deaths
• Australian Services cricketers
• Australian military personnel of World War II
• New South Wales cricketers
• Commonwealth XI cricketers
• Australian cricket umpires
• Australian emigrants to the United Kingdom
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