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Peter Ian Philpott (1934 -…
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Melbourne
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22-Sep-2023
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Peter Ian Philpott (1934 - 2021) Australian Test Player Number 234. Philpott's Baggy Green Cap (with Farmer's label bearing typed player's name) with embroidered Australian coat-of-arms and the date '1965' attractively presented in a glazed timber case and accompanied by two books written by Philpott, the 1965-66 Test Cricket Almanac, a rare postcard size photograph of the Australian Cricketers Touring the West Indies and British Guiana - Trinidad - March 1965 and a few published articles. The timber case 65 x 35 x 11 cm. Peter Philpott made his Test debut in the West Indies in 1964–65 and took 18 wickets (at 34.94) in the five Tests. Back home against England in the 1965–66 Ashes Series he took 5/90 in the first innings of the First Test at Brisbane, forcing England to follow on, but took only 8 wickets (46.37) in the first three Tests of the series and was dropped. He played for New South Wales from 1954–55 to 1966–67, and toured New Zealand with the Australian XI in 1966–67 . His highest first-class score was 156 for NSW against Queensland in 1963–64. His best bowling figures were 7 for 53 against Western Australia in 1960–61. He captained NSW in several matches in 1963–64 and 1964–65. He played as a professional in the Lancashire League for Ramsbottom in 1955, 1959 and 1960, and for East Lancashire in 1962. He later became a prominent coach.
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Memorabilia: Sporting - Cricket