Dennis Piers

Dennis Piers
Personal information
Full name
Dennis Walter Piers
Born10 May 1929
Leribe, Basutoland
Died9 September 2005 (aged 76)
Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1947/48Orange Free State
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 41
Batting average 10.25
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 24
Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: CricketArchive, 10 September 2015

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).[1] He is one of only a handful of first-class cricketers to be born in that country.[a] Both of Piers' matches for Orange Free State came in March 1948, towards the end of that season's Currie Cup.[2] 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.[3][4] 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.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Others include Alan Barr, George Boyes, Harry Boyes, Reginald Lagden, Ronald Lagden, and Arthur Lewis.

References

  1. ^ a b Dennis Piers – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  2. ^ First-class matches played by Dennis Piers – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  3. ^ Orange Free State v Western Province, Currie Cup 1947/48 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  4. ^ Orange Free State v Eastern Province, Currie Cup 1947/48 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2015.