Peter Wilson (field hockey)

Peter Wilson
Personal information
Full name	Peter James Wilson
Nationality	British
Born	9 August 1942; Weston-super-Mare, England
Died	22 March 2024 (aged 81)
Education	St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Employer	Dragon School
Sport
Sport	[ hockey]]; Cricket

Peter "PJ" Wilson (9 August 1942 – 22 March 2024) was a British hockey player.^[1] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Peter Wilson was born in Weston-super-Mare.^[1] While studying at St Edmund Hall at the University of Oxford,^[3] Wilson played two first-class cricket matches for Oxford University in 1964,^[4]^[5] against Hampshire and Derbyshire at Oxford.^[6] He scored 56 runs in his two matches, with a high score of 30.^[7]

Wilson spent most of his career as a teacher at the Dragon School in Oxford, retiring in 2021.^[8]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "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.
^ "The Great PJ Wilson". Dragon School. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2024.

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