Peter Timmis

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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| country = England

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| fullname = Peter John Timmis

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|7|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|5|10|1942|7|30|df=yes}}

| death_place = Northampton, Northamptonshire, England

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

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| club1 = Minor Counties

| year1 = 1971

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| club2 = Staffordshire

| year2 = 1963–1979

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| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = –

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| 100s/50s1 = –/–

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| deliveries1 = 72

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| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 3

| runs2 = 8

| bat avg2 = 4.00

| 100s/50s2 = –/–

| top score2 = 8*

| deliveries2 = 174

| wickets2 = 3

| bowl avg2 = 25.33

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = 2/9

| catches/stumpings2 = –/–

| date = 20 June

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/21849.html Cricinfo

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Peter John Timmis (30 July 1942 – 30 May 1988) was an English cricketer. Timmis was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

Timmis made his debut for Staffordshire in the 1963 Minor Counties Championship against the Lancashire Second XI. Timmis played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 1963 to 1979, which included 100 Minor Counties Championship matches.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33328/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Peter Timmis|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 June 2011}} In 1971, he made his List A debut against Glamorgan in the Gillette Cup. He played 2 further List A matches for Staffordshire, against Dorset and Lancashire in the 1973 Gillette Cup.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33328/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Peter Timmis|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 June 2011}} In his 3 matches, he took 3 wickets at an average of 25.33, with best figures of 2/9.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33328/a_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=List A Bowling For Each Team by Peter Timmis|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 June 2011}} Timmis made a single first-class appearance for the Minor Counties cricket team against the touring Indians in 1971.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33328/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Peter Timmis|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 June 2011}} He didn't bat in this match, but did bowl 12 wicket-less overs.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/31/31880.html|title=Minor Counties v Indians, 1971|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 June 2011}}

He died in Northampton, Northamptonshire on 30 May 1988.