Peter Willey is in action for Northampton in the photograph above.
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Date |
Test |
Venue |
Opp. |
1st Inns |
2nd Inns |
Batting |
Ct |
Result |
| |
22/07/76 |
4 |
Leeds |
WI |
1-0-4-0 |
dnb |
36 & 45 |
0 |
Lost |
| |
12/08/76 |
5 |
The Oval |
WI |
3-0-11-0 |
dnb |
33 & 1 |
0 |
Lost |
| |
30/08/79 |
4 |
The Oval |
Ind |
4-1-10-0 |
43.5-15-96-2 |
52 & 31 |
0 |
Draw |
| |
14/12/79 |
1 |
Perth |
Aus |
dnb |
1-0-1-0 |
9 & 12 |
1 |
Lost |
| |
04/01/80 |
2 |
Sydney |
Aus |
1-0-2-0 |
4-0-17-0 |
8 & 3 |
0 |
Lost |
| |
01/02/80 |
3 |
Melbourne |
Aus |
13-2-36-0 |
dnb |
1 & 2 |
1 |
Lost |
| |
05/06/80 |
1 |
Nottingham |
WI |
5-3-4-0 |
2-0-12-0 |
13 & 38 |
0 |
Lost |
| |
19/06/80 |
2 |
Lord's |
WI |
25-8-73-2 |
dnb |
4 & dnb |
0 |
Draw |
| |
10/07/80 |
3 |
Manchester |
WI |
dnb |
dnb |
0 & 62* |
0 |
Draw |
| |
24/07/80 |
4 |
The Oval |
WI |
11-5-22-0 |
dnb |
34 & 100* |
1 |
Draw |
| |
07/08/80 |
5 |
Leeds |
WI |
dnb |
dnb |
1 & 10 |
0 |
Draw |
| |
28/08/80 |
1 |
Lord's |
Aus |
1-0-7-0 |
dnb |
5 & dnb |
0 |
Draw |
| |
13/02/81 |
1 |
Port-of-Spain |
WI |
3-1-4-0 |
dnb |
13 & 21 |
0 |
Lost |
| |
13/03/81 |
3 |
Bridgetown |
WI |
dnb |
6-0-23-0 |
19* & 17 |
0 |
Lost |
| |
27/03/81 |
4 |
St. John's |
WI |
20-8-30-0 |
dnb |
102* & 1* |
0 |
Draw |
| |
10/04/81 |
5 |
Kingston |
WI |
18-3-54-1 |
dnb |
4 & 67 |
0 |
Draw |
| |
18/06/81 |
1 |
Nottingham |
Aus |
dnb |
dnb |
10 & 13 |
0 |
Lost |
| |
02/07/81 |
2 |
Lord's |
Aus |
dnb |
dnb |
82 & 12 |
0 |
Draw |
| |
16/07/81 |
3 |
Leeds |
Aus |
13-2-31-1 |
3-1-4-0 |
8 & 33 |
0 |
Won |
| |
30/07/81 |
4 |
Birmingham |
Aus |
dnb |
dnb |
16 & 5 |
0 |
Won |
| |
13/06/85 |
1 |
Leeds |
Aus |
dnb |
dnb |
36 & 3* |
0 |
Won |
| |
21/02/86 |
1 |
Kingston |
WI |
4-0-15-1 |
dnb |
0 & 71 |
0 |
Lost |
| |
07/03/86 |
2 |
Port-of-Spain |
WI |
dnb |
dnb |
5 & 26 |
0 |
Lost |
| |
21/03/86 |
3 |
Bridgetown |
WI |
dnb |
dnb |
5 & 17 |
0 |
Lost |
| |
03/04/86 |
4 |
Port-of-Spain |
WI |
dnb |
dnb |
10 & 2 |
0 |
Lost |
| |
24/07/86 |
1 |
Lord's |
NZ |
dnb |
dnb |
44 & 42 |
0 |
Draw |
Summary of all matches
| M |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100s |
50s |
W |
BB |
Ave |
5w |
Ct |
| 26 |
1184 |
102* |
26.91 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
2-73 |
65.14 |
0 |
3 |
Peter Willey pictured playing for England on 20th. June 1981. Photo George Herringshaw. ©
Test Profile 1976 - 1986.
| Peter Willey, the tough Geordie who started playing county cricket for
Northamptonshire as a 16 year-old, was regularly called in by England to
combat the West Indies fast bowlers and he saved a number of Tests that
might otherwise have been lost. He already had ten years professional
experience when he was called up for the Headingley Test of 1976,
scoring 36 and 45 against Roberts, Holding and Daniel. He followed that
with 33 at the Oval, but did not feature for England again until a
1979-80 tour of Australia, where he had a top score of 12 in the Tests.
Willey's useful off-spin bowling gave the selectors the opportunity to
pick him as an all-rounder against West Indies in 1980 and he batted
behind Ian Botham at number seven. Twice he was involved in valiant
rearguards that summer, scoring 62 not out in the third Test at Old
Trafford and 100 not out at the Oval, where he and Bob Willis held out
for most of the last afternoon to secure a draw. In West Indies in
1980-81 he made 102 not out in Antigua and moving up the order to number
five, 67 in Jamaica. Against Australia in 1981 he made 82 at Lord's and
his 33 at Headingley in company with Boycott was the real beginning of
England's second innings fightback which lead to Botham's heroics and
ultimate victory. Willey, though, lost his place and was banned from
Test Cricket after joining the rebel England team in South Africa in
1981-82, where he made 39 against South Africa in Cape Town. His ban
ended in time for another trip to West Indies under David Gower in
1985-86, where he made 71 in Kingston, Jamaica. (Bob Harragan) |