Peter John Hartley (born 18 April 1960) is an English

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er and

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Playing career

Born 18 April 1960, in

Keighley Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parish in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford. Keighley is north-west of Bradford city centre, north-west of ...

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, Hartley made his debut for

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in 1982. He moved to

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in 1985, and stayed there until 1997, when he relocated to

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire ...

. When he retired at the end of the 2000 season, Hartley was Hampshire's opening bowler. He made his highest first-class score for Yorkshire in a

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in 1988, making 127 not out out of a total of 224, while batting at no.8 and coming to the wicket with his team 37 for 6. Another highlight of his playing career was playing in the final when Yorkshire won the 1987 Benson & Hedges Cup, a rare triumph for the county in these years. Hartley represented the England team in a Masters tournament in Sharjah in 1996.

Umpiring career

After retiring as a player, Hartley became an umpire, making his debut as a first-class umpire in 2003. Between 2006 and 2009 he officiated in international cricket, taking charge of six one day international matches and three

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international matches. As of 2021, he remains a member of the

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's umpire list.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hartley, Peter 1960 births Living people Hampshire cricketers Warwickshire cricketers Yorkshire cricketers English cricketers English cricket umpires English One Day International cricket umpires English Twenty20 International cricket umpires Cricketers from Keighley English cricketers of 1969 to 2000

Playing career

Umpiring career

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