Peter Bennetts Truscott (born 14 August 1941) is a former
New Zealand
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cricketer
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who played one
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against Pakistan in 1965.
Cricket career
Truscott was a right-handed batsman who had a brief
first-class career, lasting just five years. He played three matches for
Canterbury
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without great success in 1961–62, and in the next two seasons played only for the
New Zealand Under-23 side in one match each season. In 1963–64, he scored 165 when opening the batting for the Under-23s against
Auckland
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, and this remained his only first-class century.
Described during his career as "one of the most elegant and forceful stroke-makers in New Zealand cricket", Truscott played regularly in 1964–65 and 1965–66 for
Wellington
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.
In February 1965 he scored 45 and 50 at number three against
Otago
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, taking part in second-wicket partnerships of 84 and 98 with
Bruce Murray, and he was selected for the Third Test against
Pakistan
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at
Christchurch
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that followed a few days later. Opening the batting, he scored 3 and 26, but was not picked for the New Zealand team to tour India, Pakistan and England in 1965.
[ He played for a New Zealand Cricket Council President's XI against the touring MCC in 1965–66,]
Later life
In October 1966, Truscott and his family moved to Perth
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, Western Australia
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, where he had been transferred in his work as a bank accountant.[ Later he returned to New Zealand and ran a hotel in ]Nelson
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, then a motel in Whangārei
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, and also worked in the real estate business. He is retired and lives with his wife Sue in Orewa
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, a suburb of Auckland
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.
See also
* One-Test wonder
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References
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1941 births
Living people
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