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Bertram Lennox Peel (19 April 1881 – 19 February 1945) was an English first-class cricketer.

The son of Edward Peel, he was born in Wavertree, Liverpool in April 1881. He was educated at Bedford School, before going up to Hertford College, Oxford. While at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Somerset at Oxford in 1903, with Peel making four further first-class appearances for Oxford in 1907. After graduating from Oxford, he became a schoolteacher, moving to Edinburgh shortly after graduating to teach. While in Scotland, he made five appearances for Scotland in first-class cricket between 1905–12. In ten first-class matches, Peel scored a total of 288 runs at an average of 16.00 and a high score of 74 against the touring South Africans in 1907. With his right-arm slow bowling, he took 10 wickets with best figures of 4 for 123. In addition to playing first-class cricket, Peel also played minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 1900–14, making 56 appearances. He died at Edinburgh in January 1945.

References

1. Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1929). Armorial families: a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour. Hurst & Blackett, Ltd. p. 1523. ISBN 9780715347669.
2. Oxford University Gazette. Vol. 35. Oxford University Press. 1905. p. 753.
3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Bertram Peel". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
4. ^ "Player profile: Bertram Peel". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
5. "Scotland v South Africans, 1907". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
6. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Bertram Peel". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2019.

External links

• Bertram Peel at ESPNcricinfo

• 1881 births
• 1945 deaths
• Cricketers from Liverpool
• People educated at Bedford School
• Alumni of Hertford College, Oxford
• English cricketers
• Bedfordshire cricketers
• Oxford University cricketers
• Schoolteachers from Merseyside
• Scotland cricketers
• People from Wavertree