Allan Arthur Pearse (22 April 1915 – 14 June 1981) played first-class

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for

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in nine matches between 1936 and 1938. He was born and died at

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. Pearse was a middle-order right-handed batsman whose club cricket was for Watchet Cricket Club, where

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was his contemporary. As a 16-year-old, playing for Watchet against

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Cricket Club, he joined Gimblett with the Watchet score at 37 for seven chasing a total of 160. The pair added the 123 runs needed, Gimblett scoring 91 and Pearse 33. Pearse followed Gimblett into the Somerset side, making his debut in 1936 at the

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, the same ground where Gimblett had made his sensational debut a year earlier. In his first innings he scored 20, which was the second highest of the Somerset innings against Kent. But in five other first-class matches in the 1936 season he failed to score more than 10 in any innings, and in two matches in 1937 he also made little impression. His last first-class game in 1938 saw him batting at No 10 and failing to score in either innings.

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