Percy Mackenzie Pratt (12 January 1874 – 20 July 1961) was a cricketer who played five matches of

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for

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from 1895 to 1898. His highest score was 85, in Taranaki's only first-class victory, against

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in March 1897. He and

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(106) added 114 for the third wicket. He scored his runs "very rapidly" and hit 13 fours. He continued to represent the region after Taranaki lost first-class status after the 1897-98 season. Against the Australians in 1909-10 he top-scored for Taranaki in a match that ended in a close draw. Four years later he opened for South Taranaki against the

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and scored 89; the next-highest Taranaki scorer made 33. He represented South Taranaki in the

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from 1911 to 1922. Pratt ran a cabinet-making, upholstering and undertaking business in Hawera. He married Beatrice Annie King in Hawera in February 1902.

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