Peter Toohey

Peter Toohey
Personal information
Full name
Peter Michael Toohey
Born(1954-04-20)20 April 1954
Blayney, New South Wales
NicknameRats
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 288)2 December 1977 v India
Last Test29 December 1979 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 45)22 February 1978 v West Indies
Last ODI7 February 1979 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1974/75–1983/84New South Wales
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 15 5 94 30
Runs scored 893 105 5735 713
Batting average 31.89 52.50 37.98 33.95
100s/50s 1/7 0/1 12/31 0/6
Top score 122 54* 158 82
Balls bowled – – 27 24
Wickets – – 0 1
Bowling average – – – 14.00
5 wickets in innings – – – 0
10 wickets in match – – – 0
Best bowling – – – 1/14
Catches/stumpings 9/– 0/– 67/– 9/–
Source: CricInfo, 12 December 2018

Peter Toohey (born 20 April 1954) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 15 Test matches and five One Day Internationals between 1977 and 1979. Toohey was one of the cricketers who came to the fore when the bulk of Australia's top cricketers defected to Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket. During his prime playing years in the Australian Test team, some media commentators referred to Toohey as "Australia's master batsman", such was Toohey's pivotal role in the Australian team during the absence of the World Series players.

When the World Series Cricket players returned to mainstream Test cricket in 1979–80, Toohey only played two more Tests, both in the summer of 1979–80. He retired from cricket and now works in the financial sector in Brisbane.