Peter Thomas Marner (31 March 1936 – 16 May 2007) was an English cricketer who played

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and then Leicestershire. He was rated by

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as the most formidable English

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without a

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'', 28 May 2007. Marner was born in

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'', 18 May 2007 An

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, he played for

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in the

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aged 15, and made his first-class debut for Lancashire in 1952, aged 16 years and five months, against Sussex at

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. This made him the youngest person to ever play for Lancashire, beating the record set in 1879 by Johnny Briggs. Powerfully built, he was a hard-hitting right-handed middle-order

, right-arm medium-pace seam bowler, and a good

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. Marner is also in the record books for being the first person to win a limited-overs

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award, when Lancashire played its first Gillette Cup match against Leicestershire at Old Trafford in May 1963. He scored the format's maiden century in that game with an innings of 121, and also took 3 wickets for 49 runs.Allrounder Peter Marner dies
Cricinfo, 16 May 2007. He clashed with the authorities at Lancashire, and moved to Leicestershire after the 1964 season. He toured Pakistan with a Commonwealth XI in 1967, but never played

. He reached 1,000 first-class runs in 12 seasons, scored 18 centuries, took 360 wickets, and held 379 catches. Marner was also talented in

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playing for

and the

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during a two-year stint of

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. He also represented the

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'', 23 May 2007. He suffered a neck injury playing rugby which interrupted his career in both sports in the 1950s. He died in Oldham after a short illness. He was survived by his wife Vera, daughter Sara and son Nick, who was a useful league fast bowler.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marner, Peter 1936 births 2007 deaths English cricketers Lancashire cricketers Leicestershire cricketers Combined Services cricketers Commonwealth XI cricketers Cricketers from Oldham Rugby union players from Oldham English rugby union players Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers A. E. R. Gilligan's XI cricketers