{{Short description|English cricketer (born 1949)}} {{Use British English|date=August 2011}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | international = | fullname = Peter Anthony Gooch | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|5|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = Timperley, Cheshire, England | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast-medium | role = | family = | club1 = Minor Counties South | year1 = 1979 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = Minor Counties West | year2 = 1978 | clubnumber2 = | club3 = Buckinghamshire | year3 = 1976–1979 | clubnumber3 = | club4 = Cheshire | year4 = 1971 | clubnumber4 = | club5 = Lancashire | year5 = 1970 | clubnumber5 = | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 4 | runs1 = 0 | bat avg1 = 0.00 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 0* | deliveries1 = 499 | wickets1 = 6 | bowl avg1 = 42.00 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 4/52 | catches/stumpings1 = 3/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 10 | runs2 = 24 | bat avg2 = 4.80 | 100s/50s2 = –/– | top score2 = 8 | deliveries2 = 487 | wickets2 = 5 | bowl avg2 = 63.60 | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = 3/51 | catches/stumpings2 = 3/– | date = 6 May | year = 2011 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13654.html Cricinfo }}

'''Peter Anthony Gooch''' (born 2 May 1949) is a former English cricketer. Gooch was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Timperley, Cheshire.

==Career== Gooch made his first-class debut for Lancashire against Oxford University in 1970. He played 3 further first-class matches in 1970, the last coming against Glamorgan in the County Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29683/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Peter Gooch|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 May 2011}}</ref> In his 4 first-class matches for Lancashire, he took 6 wickets at bowling average of 42.00, with best figures of 4/52.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29683/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Peter Gooch|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 May 2011}}</ref> A genuine tailender, Gooch failed to score in any of his first-class matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29683/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Peter Gooch|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 May 2011}}</ref> It was for Lancashire that he made his List A debut against Gloucestershire in the 1970 Gillette Cup, his only List A appearance for the county.<ref name = "LAM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29683/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Peter Gooch|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 May 2011}}</ref>

The following season, having been released by Lancashire, he appeared in a single Minor Counties Championship match for Cheshire against the Lancashire Second XI, a team he had previously played for in the same competition.<ref name = "MCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29683/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Peter Gooch|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 May 2011}}</ref> Five years later he joined Buckinghamshire who he represented in Minor counties cricket until 1979.<ref name = "MCM"/> While playing for Buckinghamshire, Gooch represented Minor Counties West in 4 List A matches in the 1978 Benson & Hedges Cup and Minor Counties South in 4 matches in the 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup.<ref name = "LAM"/> He only appeared once for Buckinghamshire in List A cricket, which was his final appearance in that format, against Suffolk in the 1979 Gillette Cup.<ref name = "LAM"/> In total, Gooch played 10 List A matches, taking 5 wickets at an expensive average of 63.60, with best figures of 3/51.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29683/29683.html|title=Player profile: Peter Gooch|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 May 2011}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13654.html Peter Gooch] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29683/29683.html Peter Gooch] at CricketArchive

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