Peter Colligan Graham Donald (born 8 August 1957) is an

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former first-class

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er. Donald was born at

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in August 1957. He was educated at

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, before going up to

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. While studying at Oxford he made a single appearance in

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for

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against

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in 1978. Batting once in the match, he was dismissed for a single run in the Oxford first-innings by

Geoff Cope Geoffrey Alan Cope (born 23 February 1947) played first-class cricket for Yorkshire from 1966 to 1980, and appeared in three Test matches for England. Life and career Born on 23 February 1947, Burmantofts, Leeds, Yorkshire as the son of a Fr ...

. He later played

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for

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in 1981 and 1982, making fifteen appearances in the

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* 1957 births Living people People from South Gloucestershire District People educated at Sherborne School Alumni of St John's College, Oxford English cricketers Oxford University cricketers Wiltshire cricketers Cricketers from Gloucestershire {{England-cricket-bio-1950s-stub