# Percy Heather

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{{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](/source/Melbourne), Australia
|          death_date = {{death date and age|1956|6|29|1882|10|6|df=yes}}
|         death_place = Melbourne, Australia
|            nickname = 
|              family = [Edward Heather](/source/Edward_Heather) (father)
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = 
|                role = 
|               club1 = [Natal](/source/KwaZulu-Natal_cricket_team)
|               year1 = 1904–05
|         clubnumber1 = 
|               club2 = [Transvaal](/source/Gauteng_cricket_team)
|               year2 = 1910–11 to 1912–13
|         clubnumber2 = 
|               club3 = [Victoria](/source/Victoria_cricket_team)
|               year3 = 1913–14
|         clubnumber3 =
|             columns = 1
|             column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            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 [cricket](/source/cricket)er who played 13 matches of [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) between 1904 and 1914.

Born in [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne), Heather went to [South Africa](/source/South_Africa) in 1902, joining the [South African Constabulary](/source/South_African_Constabulary) under the command of [Robert Baden-Powell](/source/Robert_Baden-Powell%2C_1st_Baron_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](/source/wicket-keeper), Heather played for [Natal](/source/KwaZulu-Natal_cricket_team) and [Transvaal](/source/Gauteng_cricket_team).<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](/source/Victoria_cricket_team) 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](/source/not_out) for Transvaal against [Border](/source/Border_cricket_team) 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](/source/List_of_Victoria_first-class_cricketers)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cricinfo|ref=ci/content/player/5630.html}}
*{{cricketarchive|id=2801}}

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Category:1882 births
Category:1956 deaths
Category:Australian cricketers
Category:KwaZulu-Natal cricketers
Category:Gauteng cricketers
Category:Victoria cricketers
Category:Cricketers from Melbourne
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen

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