Peter Loader
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| Full name | Peter James Loader | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 October 1929 Wallington, Surrey, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 March 2011 (aged 81) Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 12 August 1954 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 31 December 1958 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1951–1963 | Surrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1963/64 | Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 21 January 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peter James Loader (25 October 1929 – 15 March 2011) was an English cricketer and umpire, who played thirteen Test matches for England. He played for Surrey and Beddington Cricket Club. A whippet-thin fast bowler with a wide range of pace and a nasty bouncer, he took the first post-war Test hat-trick as part of his 6 for 36 against the West Indies at Headingley in 1957. It was only the twelfth hat-trick ever taken in Test cricket, and it was another 38 years before Dominic Cork became the next England bowler to take one.
The cricket writer, Colin Bateman, remarked that Loader was, "angular, accurate and with an aversion to breaking down".