Peter Gatehouse

Peter Warlow Gatehouse (born 3 May 1936) is a former Welsh cricketer and pharmacist. Gatehouse was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium. He was born at Caerphilly, Glamorgan.

Peter Gatehouse
Personal information
Full namePeter Warlow Gatehouse
Born (1936-05-03) 3 May 1936
Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1957–1962Glamorgan
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 19
Runs scored 85
Batting average 5.66
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 20
Balls bowled 2,854
Wickets 53
Bowling average 29.26
5 wickets in innings 3
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 7/94
Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 October 2012

Gatehouse made his first-class debut for Glamorgan against Nottinghamshire at Stradey Park, Llanelli, in the 1957 County Championship. He made eighteen further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Kent at the St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury.[1] A bowler, Gatehouse took 53 wickets in his nineteen first-class matches, at an average of 29.26.[2] His best bowling figures of 7/94 came against Middlesex at Lord's in 1958.[3] He also took an additional three wickets in this match, giving him the only ten-wicket match haul of his career.[4] He took a second five wicket haul against Somerset in the same season.[5] A tailend batsman, Gatehouse scored a total of 85 runs at a batting average of 5.66, with a high score of 20.[6]

While playing for Glamorgan, he studied at for a Ph.D. in pharmacy at Cardiff University. It was in this that he chose to pursue a career, thereby ending his first-class cricket career.[7][3]

References
  1. "First-Class Matches played by Peter Gatehouse". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  2. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Peter Gatehouse". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  3. "Peter Gatehouse". Museum of Welsh Cricket. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  4. "Middlesex v Glamorgan, 1958 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  5. "Somerset v Glamorgan, 1958 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  6. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Peter Gatehouse". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  7. Hignell, Dr. A.K. (December 2003). "Brief profile of Peter Gatehouse". Retrieved 26 October 2012.
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