Bertram Lennox Peel (19 April 1881 – 19 February 1945) was an

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first-class

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er. The son of Edward Peel, he was born in

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in April 1881. He was educated at

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, before going up to

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. While at Oxford, he made his debut in

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for

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against

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in 1903, with Peel making four further first-class appearances for Oxford in 1907. After graduating from Oxford, he became a schoolteacher, moving to

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shortly after graduating to teach. While in Scotland, he made five appearances for

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in first-class cricket between 1905–12. In ten first-class matches, Peel scored a total of 288 runs at an

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of 16.00 and a high score of 74 against the touring

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in 1907. With his right-arm slow bowling, he took 10 wickets with best figures of 4 for 123. In addition to playing first-class cricket, Peel also played

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for

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from 1900–14, making 56 appearances. He died at Edinburgh in January 1945.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Peel, Bertram 1881 births 1945 deaths Cricketers from Liverpool People educated at Bedford School Alumni of Hertford College, Oxford English cricketers Bedfordshire cricketers Oxford University cricketers Schoolteachers from Merseyside Scotland cricketers People from Wavertree