{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use British English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | country = England | fullname = Peter Alwen Close | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|6|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = Murree, Punjab Province, <br>then India | death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|2|16|1943|6|1|df=yes}} | death_place = Hawkhurst, Kent | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm off break | role = | family = | club1 = Cambridge University | year1 = 1964–1965 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = Dorset | year2 = 1963–1966 | clubnumber2 = | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 15 | runs1 = 344 | bat avg1 = 13.76 | 100s/50s1 = –/1 | top score1 = 54 | deliveries1 = 78 | wickets1 = 1 | bowl avg1 = 44.00 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 1/6 | catches/stumpings1 = 14/– | date = 5 September | year = 2011 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11186.html Cricinfo }}
'''Peter Alwen Close''' (1 June 1943 – 16 February 2025) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Murree, Punjab Province, in the British Raj (today in Pakistan). He was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College in England.
While studying at Cambridge University, Close made his first-class debut for Cambridge University Cricket Club against Glamorgan in 1964. He made fourteen further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against Oxford University in 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28592/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Peter Close|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 September 2011}}</ref> In his fifteen first-class matches, he scored 344 runs at an average of 13.76, with a high score of 54.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28592/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Peter Close|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 September 2011}}</ref> This score, which was his only first-class fifty, came against Glamorgan in 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/27/27540.html|title=Glamorgan v Cambridge University, 1965|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 September 2011}}</ref>
Close also played Minor counties cricket for Dorset, making his debut for the county in the 1963 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Dorset from 1963 to 1966, making 29 Minor Counties Championship appearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28592/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Peter Close|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 September 2011}}</ref>
He died at Hawkhurst, Kent on 16 February 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28592/28592.html|title=Peter Close at CricketArchive|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=14 March 2025}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11186.html Peter Close] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28592/28592.html Peter Close] at CricketArchive
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