Peter Andrew Capes (born 26 February 1962) is an Australian businessman and former cricketer. He has been the CEO of the Subiaco Football Club in the

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(WAFL) since 2010.

Cricket career

Educated at Melville Senior High School, Capes was a left-arm fast-medium bowler for

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, taking 124 wickets in 40 first-class games. His best innings figures were 6 for 92 in Western Australia's victory over the touring Pakistan team in December 1989. He had taken five wickets in each innings against

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the previous January. He also played for the

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in 1987.

Business career

After graduating with a Bachelor of Administration degree from

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, Capes worked in the fields of human resource management and business development with Murdoch University, serving as an associate director, and

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. He served on the West Australian cricket selection panel for two seasons between 2003 and 2005 before being appointed the CEO of East Fremantle Football Club in 2005. He left the club in 2010, and was appointed CEO of Subiaco in June 2010.

References

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