Allan Pearse

Allan Arthur Pearse (22 April 1915 – 14 June 1981) played first-class cricket for Somerset in nine matches between 1936 and 1938.[1] He was born and died at Watchet, Somerset.

Allan Pearse
Personal information
Full nameAllan Arthur Pearse
Born(1915-04-22)22 April 1915
Watchet, Somerset, England
Died14 June 1981(1981-06-14) (aged 66)
Watchet, Somerset, England
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1936–38Somerset
First-class debut6 June 1936 Somerset v Kent
Last First-class19 August 1938 Somerset v Worcestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 9
Runs scored 81
Batting average 5.78
100s/50s –/–
Top score 20
Balls bowled 12
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 0/3
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: CricketArchive, 23 October 2010

Pearse was a middle-order right-handed batsman whose club cricket was for Watchet Cricket Club, where Harold Gimblett was his contemporary. As a 16-year-old, playing for Watchet against Wellington Cricket Club, he joined Gimblett with the Watchet score at 37 for seven chasing a total of 160. The pair added the 123 runs needed, Gimblett scoring 91 and Pearse 33.[2] Pearse followed Gimblett into the Somerset side, making his debut in 1936 at the Agricultural Showgrounds, Frome, the same ground where Gimblett had made his sensational debut a year earlier. In his first innings he scored 20, which was the second highest of the Somerset innings against Kent.[3] But in five other first-class matches in the 1936 season he failed to score more than 10 in any innings, and in two matches in 1937 he also made little impression. His last first-class game in 1938 saw him batting at No 10 and failing to score in either innings.[4]

References
  1. "Allan Pearse". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  2. David Foot. Harold Gimblett: Tormented Genius of Cricket (1984 ed.). Star (W. H. Allen). p. 53. ISBN 0-352-31426-5.
  3. "Scorecard: Somerset v Kent". www.cricketarchive.com. 6 June 1936. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
  4. "Scorecard: Worcestershire v Somerset". www.cricketarchive.com. 17 August 1938. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
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