Peter Oldfield
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| Full name | Peter Carlton Oldfield | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 February 1911 Headingley, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 July 2002 (aged 91) Highclere, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1931–1933 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
| 1934 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 16 February 2020 | |||||||||||||||
Peter Carlton Oldfield OBE (27 February 1911 – 16 July 2002) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Oldfield played his first-class cricket predominantly for Oxford University between 1931–1933, earning a reputation as a skilled wicket-keeper. During the Second World War he served in North Africa with the Special Air Service (SAS), during the course of which he was captured and subsequently escaped.