| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Gerald Vyvyan Pearse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 September 1891 Pietermaritzburg, Colony of Natal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 December 1956 (aged 65) Marylebone, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm (unknown style) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Charles Pearse (brother) Dudley Pearse (brother) David Pearse (great-nephew) Mark Pearse (great nephew) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1910/11 | Natal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1919 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1925–1926 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 6 June 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gerald Vyvyan Pearse (7 September 1891 – 19 December 1956) MBE MC was a South African first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Pearse initially played first-class cricket for Natal in South Africa, before moving to England to take up a Rhodes Scholarship at the University of Oxford. He served in the British Army during the First World War with the Royal Field Artillery, during which he was awarded the Military Cross. After the war he played first-class cricket in England for Oxford University, the Free Foresters and the Marylebone Cricket Club. He later served in the Second World War and was made an MBE at its conclusion. He was the youngest brother of the Test cricketer Charles Pearse.