Peter Andrew Capes (born 26 February 1962) is an Australian businessman and former cricketer. He has been the

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of the

Subiaco Football Club The Subiaco Football Club, nicknamed the Lions and known before 1973 as the ''Maroons'', is an Australian rules football club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). It was founded in 1896, and admitted to the WAF ...

in the

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(WAFL) since 2010.

Cricket career

Educated at

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, Capes was a left-arm fast-medium bowler for

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, taking 124 wickets in 40 first-class games. His best innings figures were 6 for 92 in Western Australia's victory over the touring Pakistan team in December 1989. He had taken five wickets in each innings against

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the previous January. He also played for the

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in 1987.

Business career

After graduating with a Bachelor of Administration degree from

Curtin University of Technology Curtin University (previously Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology) is an Australian public research university based in Bentley, Perth, Western Australia. It is named after John Curtin, Prime Minister ...

, Capes worked in the fields of human resource management and business development with

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, serving as an associate director, and

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. He served on the West Australian cricket selection panel for two seasons between 2003 and 2005 before being appointed the CEO of

East Fremantle Football Club The East Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Sharks and colloquially referred to as East Freo, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The team's home ground is Eas ...

in 2005. He left the club in 2010, and was appointed CEO of Subiaco in June 2010.

References

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