Peter Stead
Encyclopedia
Peter Stead is a former Canadian cricket
er. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He played three first-class
matches for Canada
on their 1954
tour of England
, in which he took nine wickets at an average of 19.66.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He played three first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
matches for Canada
Canadian cricket team
The Canada cricket team is the national cricket team representing Canada in men's international competition. It is run by Cricket Canada.While Canada is not sanctioned to play Test matches, the team does take part in One Day International matches and also in first-class games against other...
on their 1954
1954 English cricket season
Pakistan toured England for the first time in the 1954 English cricket season and drew the series of four Test matches.-Honours:*County Championship - Surrey*Minor Counties Championship - Surrey II...
tour of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, in which he took nine wickets at an average of 19.66.