Peter Hans Konig, more correctly König, (born 16 October 1931) is an Austrian-born retired sportsman. Konig was a prominent rugby union player for Leicester Tigers between 1952 and 1960 and played one first class game for Leicestershire County Cricket Club in 1949. Konig was a right-handed batsman who played as a wicket-keeper.
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| Born | Peter Hans König 16 October 1931 Vienna, Lower Austria, Austria | ||||||||||||||||
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| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1949 | Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 December 2012 | |||||||||||||||||
Early life and cricket
editBorn in Vienna to Jewish parents, his family fled Austria following its annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938, arriving in Leicester before the Second World War.[1] Konig later made a single first-class appearance for Leicestershire against Northamptonshire at the County Ground, Northampton in 1949.[2] In Northamptonshire's first-innings of 239 all out, Konig made a single stumping when he stumped Gordon Garlick off the bowling of Gerry Lester. In Leicestershire's first-innings response, Konig was the last man out, dismissed for 6 runs by Des Barrick. In Northamptonshire's second-innings of 350/5 declared, Konig caught Percy Davis off the bowling of Charles Wooler.[3] This was his only major appearance for the county as Konig was not kept on by Leicestershire.[4]
Rugby
editKonig made his Leicester Tigers debut on 14 April 1952 in a 19-0 win away to Plymouth Albion on the club's Easter tour.[1] Konig established himself in the club's first team the next season immediately starting the first 11 games of the 1952-53 season and 27 overall.[5] Konig was particularly prominent in Leicester's 8-3 win away to Bath on 3 January 1953, scoring one try and creating another through a crucial interception and break.[6] In 1953-54 Konig was the club's joint top try scorer with 8 in 23 games, and in 1956 he started as Leicester played Romania at Welford Road.[7] His try-scoring form in a December 1956 win against Blackheath saw the Daily Mirror speculate he could be called up by England,[8] but he was never selected for the national side and made his final Tigers appearance in April 1960.
References
edit- ^ a b Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David. Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation. p. 384. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Peter Konig". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ^ "Northamptonshire v Leicestershire, 1949". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ^ "Cricket offers to Peter Konig". Leicester Daily Mercury via British Newspaper Archive. 23 January 1950. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David. Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.
- ^ John Usher (5 January 1953). "A Big day for Peter Konig". Leicester Evening Mail via British Newspaper Archive. p. 9.
- ^ Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David. Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.
- ^ Peter Laker (10 December 1956). "Pop-up Konig didn't spoil this one!". Daily Mirror via British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 11 March 2022.