Peter Sharp (11 August 1939 – 18 February 2012) was a New Zealand

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er. An

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ner, Sharp played eight

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matches for

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between 1964 and 1966. After his cricket career Sharp was at various times a selector for Canterbury, president of Cricket Canterbury and a board member of

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. Sharp also worked for 45 years as a

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for the now disbanded

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. From 1956 Southland Boys' High School Old Boys Register: At School 1953–56. 1st XI, 1955–56. 1st XI (soccer), 1956. Senior fives champion (doubles), 1956. Prefect, 1956. R.S.M., 1956.

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