William Peach (6 May 1875 – 29 January 1959) was an English

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er who played for Derbyshire in 1905. Peach was born in Timberland Fen, Lincolnshire, the son of Joseph Peach, a labourer, and his wife Olive. Peach played club cricket for Chesterfield Cricket Club, and made his first and only first-class appearance for Derbyshire in the 1905 season against

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in July. He took 4 wickets for 46, including the wickets of John King and Albert Knight and made 10 runs in his second innings in a match when Derbyshire players averaged 3 in the first innings and 8 in the second. Peach was a right-arm medium-fast bowler and took 4 wickets at an average of 11.50 in his first-class career and scored 10 runs in total. Peach played two minor counties championship matches for Lincolnshire the first in 1908 and the second in 1914. He died in Stonegravels,

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, Derbyshire at the age of 83.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Peach, William 1875 births 1959 deaths English cricketers Derbyshire cricketers Lincolnshire cricketers Cricketers from Lincolnshire