{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Use British English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Peter Topley | image = | country = England | fullname = Peter Aland Topley | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|8|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = Canterbury, Kent, England | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox | | family = {{ubl|Don Topley (brother)|Reece Topley (nephew)}} | club1 = Kent | year1 = 1972–1975 | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 19 | runs1 = 184 | bat avg1 = 12.26 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 38* | deliveries1 = 1,316 | wickets1 = 15 | bowl avg1 = 49.40 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 2/28 | catches/stumpings1 = 19/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 3 | runs2 = – | bat avg2 = – | 100s/50s2 = – | top score2 = – | deliveries2 = – | wickets2 = – | bowl avg2 = – | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = – | catches/stumpings2 = 0/– | date = 21 April | year = 2011 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/21897.html Cricinfo }}
'''Peter Aland Topley''' (born 29 August 1950) is a former English cricketer. Topley was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Canterbury, Kent.
Topley made his first-class debut for Kent against Warwickshire at Hesketh Park, Dartford, in the 1972 County Championship. He made seventeen further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Middlesex in the 1975 County Championship.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33376/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Peter Topley|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=21 April 2012}}</ref> In his eighteen first-class appearances for Kent, he scored a total of 150 runs at an average of 10.71, with a high score of 38 not out.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33376/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Peter Topley|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=21 April 2012}}</ref> With the ball, he took 14 wickets at a bowling average of 47.78, with best figures of 2/28.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33376/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Peter Topley|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=21 April 2012}}</ref> Topley also made a single first-class appearance in 1973 for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Kent,<ref name="FCM"/> scoring 34 runs and taking a single wicket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/33/33273.html|title=Kent v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1973|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=21 April 2012}}</ref> In addition to playing first-class cricket, Topley also made three List A appearances for Kent, against Glamorgan in 1972, Derbyshire in 1973, and Worcestershire in 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33376/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Peter Topley|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=21 April 2012}}</ref>
His brother, Don, and nephew, Reece Topley, have both played first-class cricket.
Since retiring from cricket Topley has worked as a driving instructor in Canterbury.<ref>Fissler N (2015) [https://www.thecricketpaper.com/news/county-news/latest-news-county-news/900/where-are-they-now-kent-bh-winners-and-sunday-league-champions-1973/ Where are they now? Kent – B&H winners and Sunday League champions 1973]{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}, ''The CricketPaper'', 21 July 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2022.</ref>
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==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=21897}}
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