Dennis Piers

{{short description|South African cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Dennis Piers

| fullname = Dennis Walter Piers

| birth_date = 10 May 1929

| birth_place = Leribe, Basutoland

| death_date = 9 September 2005 (aged 76)

| death_place = Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa

| nickname =

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| club1 = Orange Free State

| year1 = 1947/48

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 41

| bat avg1 = 10.25

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 24

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 0/–

| date = 10 September

| year = 2015

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Players/25/25855/25855.html CricketArchive

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Dennis Walter Piers (10 May 1929 – 9 September 2005) was a South African cricketer who played two first-class matches for Orange Free State during the 1947–48 season.

Piers was born in Leribe (or Hlotse), in what is now Lesotho (previously part of the British colony of Basutoland).[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/25/25855/25855.html Dennis Piers] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2015. He is one of only a handful of first-class cricketers to be born in that country.{{Efn|Others include Alan Barr, George Boyes, Harry Boyes, Reginald Lagden, Ronald Lagden, and Arthur Lewis.}} Both of Piers' matches for Orange Free State came in March 1948, towards the end of that season's Currie Cup.[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/25/25855/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Dennis Piers] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2015. On debut against Western Province, he scored 24 and 6, while in the next match, against Eastern Province, he scored a duck in the first innings and 11 run in the second. In all four of his innings, he came in ninth in the batting order.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18391.html Orange Free State v Western Province], Currie Cup 1947/48 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2015.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18398.html Orange Free State v Eastern Province], Currie Cup 1947/48 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2015. Despite making his debut at the age of 17, Piers played no further matches for Orange Free State. He died in Randburg, a suburb of Johannesburg, in September 2005, aged 76.