Peter Wight (cricketer)

Peter Wight
Personal information
Full name
Peter Bernard Wight
Born(1930-06-25)25 June 1930
Georgetown, British Guiana
Died31 December 2015(2015-12-31) (aged 85)
NicknameRajah[1]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1953–1965Somerset
1963/64Canterbury
1950/51British Guiana
First-class debut10 March 1951 British Guiana v Jamaica
Last First-class3 July 1965 Somerset v Nottinghamshire
Umpiring information
FC umpired567 (1966–1995)
LA umpired462 (1966–1995)
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 333 6
Runs scored 17773 56
Batting average 33.09 9.33
100s/50s 28/91 0/0
Top score 222* 38
Balls bowled 4721
Wickets 68
Bowling average 33.26
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 6/29 –/–
Catches/stumpings 203/  –/–
Source: CricketArchive, 16 February 2010

Peter Bernard Wight (25 June 1930 – 31 December 2015)[2] was a Guyanese first-class cricketer who played for Somerset, Canterbury and British Guiana. Wight was a prolific run scorer at the top of the order, scoring 16,965 runs during his thirteen years at Somerset; and at the time of his death only Harold Gimblett had made more runs for the county. After playing, he became an umpire in English first-class cricket, standing in matches from 1966 to 1995.

  1. ^ Chalke, Stephen (1 October 2005). "The Way It Was – The accidental cricketer". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  2. ^ Peter Wight: Cricketer who became Somerset’s most successful post-war batsman