| 词条 | Peter Downton Croft |
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Peter Downton Croft (born 7 July 1933) is a former England and Great Britain field hockey player, a member of the British squad at the 1960 Summer Olympics, and also a former first-class cricketer, usually known as Peter Croft. From 1953 to 1955 he served as a second lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Artillery. Sporting lifeEducated at Gresham's School, Holt, where he attended the junior and senior schools between 1945 and 1952, and then at the University of Cambridge, Croft excelled in two sports, hockey and cricket, representing his school and university at both.[1] At hockey, after gaining his Blue at Cambridge, Croft played for Surbiton, Surrey and later for the England national field hockey team.[2] He represented Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.[3][4] Croft's first-class cricket career representing Cambridge University ran from 1955 to 1957 and gained him another Blue. He was a right-hand batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler, with a batting average of 14.88.[2][5] References1. ^Benson, Steve, I Will Plant Me a Tree: an Illustrated History of Gresham's School (2002) p. 88 {{DEFAULTSORT:Croft, Peter Downton}}{{england-cricket-bio-1930s-stub}}{{England-fieldhockey-bio-stub}}2. ^1 Peter Croft {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708204742/http://stats.cricketworld.com/Archive/Players/28/28834/28834.html |date=8 July 2011 }} at Cricket Archive 3. ^{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/peter-croft-1.html |title=Peter Croft}} 4. ^Peter D. Croft at olympics.org.uk 5. ^Peter Croft, England at cricinfo.com 12 : 1933 births|Living people|English cricketers|Cambridge University cricketers|English male field hockey players|Field hockey players at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain|British male field hockey players|People educated at Gresham's School|Royal Artillery officers|Free Foresters cricketers|Surbiton Hockey Club players |
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