Peter Hatch (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}

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| country = England

| fullname = Peter George Hatch

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|7|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kirkee, Bombay Presidency,
British India

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| batting = Right-handed

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 5

| runs1 = 60

| bat avg1 = 8.57

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 15

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| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–

| date = 14 March

| year = 2019

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/14622.html Cricinfo

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Peter George Hatch (born 3 July 1938) is an English former first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Hatch was born at Kirkee, in what was then British India. He was educated in England at Malvern College,{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30050/30050.html |title=Player profile: Peter Hatch |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-03-14 |url-access=subscription}} before attending the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He graduated from the Royal Military Academy in December 1958, entering into the Royal Engineers as a second lieutenant.{{London Gazette |issue=41635|date=13 February 1959|page=1153|supp=y}} He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in December 1960.{{London Gazette |issue=42222|date=16 December 1960|page=8713|supp=y}} Hatch debuted in first-class cricket for the Combined Services cricket team against Surrey at The Oval in 1960, a season in which he also played against the touring South Africans at Portsmouth.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30050/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Peter Hatch |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-03-14 |url-access=subscription}}

He attended Queens' College at the University of Cambridge during his military service, graduating with a B.A. in 1963.{{cite book |title=The Cambridge University List of Members for the Year 1991 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1991 |page=596 |isbn=9780521434683 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=05AcAQAAMAAJ |language=en}} While at Cambridge, he played two first-class matches for the Free Foresters in 1961. He was the secretary to the college cricket club in 1961–62, a position he relinquished upon his impending marriage.{{cite book |title=Queens' College 1961-1962 |publisher=Queens' College, Cambridge |year=1963 |page=15 |url=https://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/files/publicationFiles/queens-college-1961-1962ocr.pdf |language=en}} In that same season, he played his final first-class match for the Combined Services against Northamptonshire. Across five first-class matches, Hatch scored 60 runs with a high score of 15. Shortly after obtaining his B.A., he was promoted to the rank of captain in December 1964.{{London Gazette |issue=43518|date=15 December 1964|page=10818|supp=y}} He gained his masters from Cambridge in 1967. He retired from active military service in June 1968, having received a gratuity.{{London Gazette |issue=44625|date=28 June 1968|page=7348|supp=y}}