Peter Wilson (field hockey)
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| Born | 9 August 1942 Weston-super-Mare, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 March 2024 (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Peter James Wilson (9 August 1942 – 22 March 2024) was a British field hockey player.[1] He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[2]
Biography
[edit]Wilson was born in Weston-super-Mare and educated at Dragon School[1] and Chatham House Grammar School.[3] While studying at St Edmund Hall at the University of Oxford,[4] Wilson played two first-class cricket matches for Oxford University in 1964,[5][6] against Hampshire and Derbyshire at Oxford.[7] He scored 56 runs in his two matches, with a high score of 30.[8]
He was selected for Wales in 1963 and continued to represent Wales thereafter.[9] Wilson represented Great Britain at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City in the men's tournament.[1] At the time of his Olympic selection he played for the City of Oxford Hockey Club.
Wilson spent most of his career as a teacher at the Dragon School in Oxford, retiring in 2021.[10] He died in March 2024, and a memorial service in his honour was held at the school on 22 September 2024.[11]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Peter Wilson: Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter Wilson Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ↑ "Talking Sport". East Kent Times and Mail. 24 February 1961. Retrieved 10 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Player profile: Peter Wilson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ↑ "Olympians Who Played First-Class Cricket". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ↑ "Peter Wilson". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Peter Wilson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Peter Wilson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ↑ "Welsh hockey side chosen". Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition). 19 March 1963. Retrieved 10 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "The Great PJ Wilson". Dragon School. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ↑ "Memorial service for PJ Wilson". Vimeo. Dragon School. 22 September 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
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- 1942 births
- 2024 deaths
- Sportspeople from Weston-super-Mare
- Cricketers from Weston-Super-Mare
- Alumni of St Edmund Hall, Oxford
- Oxford University cricketers
- English cricketers
- British men's field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- Field hockey players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Schoolteachers from Somerset
- People associated with the Dragon School
- 20th-century English sportsmen