{{short description|Australian cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Percy Heather | image = Percy Heather.png | country = | fullname = Percival Jackson Heather | birth_date = {{birth date|1882|10|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = Melbourne, Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|1956|6|29|1882|10|6|df=yes}} | death_place = Melbourne, Australia | nickname = | family = Edward Heather (father) | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = | club1 = Natal | year1 = 1904–05 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = Transvaal | year2 = 1910–11 to 1912–13 | clubnumber2 = | club3 = Victoria | year3 = 1913–14 | clubnumber3 = | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 13 | runs1 = 673 | bat avg1 = 39.58 | 100s/50s1 = 1/6 | top score1 = 109 not out | deliveries1 = 463 | wickets1 = 10 | bowl avg1 = 29.70 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 3/39 | catches/stumpings1 = 3/0 | date = 30 December 2016 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5630.html Cricinfo }} '''Percival Jackson Heather''' (6 October 1882 – 29 June 1956) was an Australian cricketer who played 13 matches of first-class cricket between 1904 and 1914.
Born in Melbourne, Heather went to South Africa in 1902, joining the South African Constabulary under the command of Robert Baden-Powell.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Farewelling a Cricketer |journal=Record |date=10 May 1902 |page=2 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165172512}}</ref> A forceful batsman, good change bowler and brilliant fieldsman who could also keep wicket, Heather played for Natal and Transvaal.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Sensational Cricket |journal=Record |date=23 December 1911 |page=5 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/162605028}}</ref> After returning to Australia in 1913 he played one match for Victoria in 1913–14.<ref name="Cricinfo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5630.html |title=Percival Heather |access-date=18 November 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Returned Victorian |journal=The Herald |date=3 October 1913 |page=4 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241531225}}</ref>
His highest first-class score was 109 not out for Transvaal against Border in 1910–11. In a low-scoring match Transvaal needed 165 to win and were 27 for 3 when Heather went to the crease. Batting only 65 minutes, he hit seven fours and nine sixes to take Transvaal to victory by six wickets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8353.html|title=Border v Transvaal 1910–11|access-date=30 December 2016|work=CricketArchive}}</ref>
==See also== * List of Victoria first-class cricketers
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