David William Pettit (24 March 1937 – 28 May 1990) was an English first-class

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er. Pettit was born at

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in March 1937, where he was educated at St Edmund's School. From St Edmund's he went up to

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. While studying at Oxford, he played

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for

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in 1958 and 1959, making five appearances. His matches for Oxford were mostly trials, with Pettit handed his first trial match against

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due to the unavailability of

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and David Sayer, where he was employed as a

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bowler. He was expensive and did not take a wicket and did not feature for Oxford until the following year, when he played four matches in a row, which included an appearance against the touring Indians. However, he only took 6 wickets in these matches at an expensive

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of 62.00. Pettit died suddenly in May 1990 in Australia at

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pettit, David 1937 births 1990 deaths Cricketers from Canterbury People educated at St Edmund's School Canterbury Alumni of Hertford College, Oxford English cricketers Oxford University cricketers