Peter Jeofry Searle Courtenay (11 March 1914 – 7 April 1959) played first-class cricket for Somerset in two matches in the 1934 season.[1] He was born at Weymouth in Dorset and died at Broadstone, also in Dorset. His younger brother Geofry also played for Somerset.
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| Full name | Peter Jeofry Searle Courtenay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 March 1914 Weymouth, Dorset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 April 1959 (aged 45) Broadstone, Dorset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Brother, Geof | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1934 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 30 June 1934 Somerset v Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 6 July 1934 Somerset v Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 20 March 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Educated at Marlborough College, Courtenay played as a lower-order right-handed batsman in two matches inside a week for Somerset, but was not successful, failing to reach double figures in any of his four first-class innings.
In the Second World War, he is recorded in the London Gazette as being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army in Burma Reserve of Officers (ABRO).[2] In 1959, he killed himself with a shotgun while suffering from depression.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Peter Courtenay". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
- ^ "No. 35883". The London Gazette. 29 January 1943. p. 561.
- ^ "Secretary of golf club found shot". Evening Post. 4 April 1959. p. 24. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Golf Club Secretary Shot Himself". The Birmingham Post. 7 April 1959. p. 30. Retrieved 17 October 2023.