Bertram Peel

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

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| country = England

| fullname = Bertram Lennox Peel

| birth_date = 19 April 1881

| birth_place = Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1945|1|19|1881|4|19}}

| death_place = Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

| heightft =

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| nickname =

| family = Denis Peel (brother)

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm slow

| role =

| club1 = Bedfordshire

| year1 = 1900–1914

| club2 = Oxford University

| year2 = 1903

| club3 = Scotland

| year3 = 1905–1912

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 10

| runs1 = 288

| bat avg1 = 16.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/2

| top score1 = 74

| deliveries1 = 394

| wickets1 = 10

| bowl avg1 = 24.90

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 4/123

| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–

| date = 28 July

| year = 2019

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/25323.html Cricinfo

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Bertram Lennox Peel (19 April 1881 – 19 February 1945) was an English first-class cricketer.

The son of Edward Peel, he was born in Wavertree, Liverpool in April 1881.{{cite book |title=Armorial families: a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour |first=Arthur Charles |last=Fox-Davies |date=1929 |publisher=Hurst & Blackett, Ltd. |page=1523 |isbn=9780715347669 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pw8MAQAAMAAJ |language=en}} He was educated at Bedford School, before going up to Hertford College, Oxford.{{cite book |title=Oxford University Gazette |volume=35 |date=1905 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=753 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o5RIAQAAMAAJ |language=en}} While at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Somerset at Oxford in 1903, with Peel making four further first-class appearances for Oxford in 1907.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27123/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Bertram Peel |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-28 |url-access=subscription}} After graduating from Oxford, he became a schoolteacher, moving to Edinburgh shortly after graduating to teach. While in Scotland, he made five appearances for Scotland in first-class cricket between 1905–12. In ten first-class matches, Peel scored a total of 288 runs at an average of 16.00 and a high score of 74 against the touring South Africans in 1907.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27123/27123.html |title=Player profile: Bertram Peel |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-28 |url-access=subscription}}{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7376.html |title=Scotland v South Africans, 1907 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-28 |url-access=subscription}} With his right-arm slow bowling, he took 10 wickets with best figures of 4 for 123. In addition to playing first-class cricket, Peel also played minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 1900–14, making 56 appearances.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27123/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Bertram Peel |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-28 |url-access=subscription}} He died at Edinburgh in January 1945.