Full name: | Peter Barker Howard May |
Born: | 31st December 1929, The Mount, Reading, Berkshire, England |
Died: | 27th December 1994, Liphook, Hampshire, England |
Batting: | Right-hand batter |
Biography: | Awarded CBE in 1981 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to cricket |
Other Sports: | Soccer for Cambridge University (Blue). |
Relations: | Brother: JWH May; Father-in-law: AHH Gilligan |
Teams: | England (Test: 1951-1961); Cambridge University (Main FC: 1950-1952); Surrey (Main FC: 1950-1963); Berkshire (Minor Counties Championship: 1946); Surrey Second XI (Minor Counties Championship: 1948); All teams |
Surrey cap: 1950 | |
Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year: 1951 | |
Wisden Cricketer of the Year: 1952 | |
Surrey Captain: 1957 - 1962 | |
South African Cricket Annual Cricketer of the Year: 1957 | |
Lists of matches and more detailed statistics | |
Articles: | Ashes heroes in ICC Hall of Fame |
Test Career Batting and Fielding (1951-1961) | ||||||||||
M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
England | 66 | 106 | 9 | 4537 | 285* | 46.77 | 13 | 22 | 42 |
First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1948-1963) | ||||||||||
M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
Overall | 388 | 618 | 77 | 27592 | 285* | 51.00 | 85 | 127 | 282 |
First-Class Career Bowling (1950-1952) | ||||||||||
Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
Cambridge University | 102 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 0-0 | 2.88 |
Minor Counties Championship Career Batting and Fielding (1946-1948) | ||||||||||
M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
Overall | 2 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 34 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 |