Peter Delisle
English cricketer
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Gustave Peter Sapenne Delisle (25 December 1934 – 12 December 2014) was an English cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Middlesex and Oxford University between 1954 and 1957.[1]
Fullname
Gustave Peter Sapenne Delisle
Born25 December 1934
Basseterre, St Kitts
Basseterre, St Kitts
Died12 December 2014 (aged 79)
Sunningdale, Berkshire, England
Sunningdale, Berkshire, England
BattingRight-handed
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Gustave Peter Sapenne Delisle | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 December 1934 Basseterre, St Kitts | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 December 2014 (aged 79) Sunningdale, Berkshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1954–1956 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
| 1954–1957 | Middlesex | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 7 October 2025 | |||||||||||||||
Delisle was educated at Stonyhurst College and Lincoln College, Oxford.[2] He retired from cricket at the end of the 1957 season and joined the Rifle Brigade.[3] He then worked in finance in the City of London until severe injuries from a road accident forced his early retirement in 1986. He took up a position at Sunningdale School in 1988.[4]
