Peter James Petherick (25 September 1942 – 7 June 2015) was a New Zealand

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er who represented New Zealand in six

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matches between October 1976 and March 1977 as an off-spinner. He is one of two

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bowlers to achieve a

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in Test matches. He is one of only three players, along with

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and

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, to have taken a hat-trick on Test debut.

Domestic career

Making his first-class debut at 33, he played for

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from 1975–76 to 1977–78, and for

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from 1978–79 to 1980–81. In his fifth match he took 9 for 93 in the first innings against

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, and he finished the 1975–76 season with 42 wickets at 20.13.

After cricket

After his retirement from cricket, Petherick took up

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, and skippered a two-man team to the final of the New Zealand national bowls championship in 2006. He died in

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, Australia, on 7 June 2015.

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"Greatest moments in Otago sport, number 54: Petherick bamboozles the Pakistanis"
''Otago Daily Times'', 12 September 2011. 1942 births 2015 deaths New Zealand Test cricketers New Zealand cricketers Test cricket hat-trick takers Otago cricketers Wellington cricketers People from Ranfurly, New Zealand {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1940s-stub

Domestic career

After cricket

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