Peter O'Reilly (cricketer)

Donnerstag, 23. Juli 1964

Peter Mark O'Reilly (born 23 July 1964) is a former Irish sports journalist for The Sunday Times, and a former first-class cricketer. Born at Dublin, O'Reilly was educated in the city at Belvedere College. Aged 18, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Ireland against Scotland at Edinburgh in 1982. He spent 1983 and 1984 in England playing for Warwickshire Second XI, but was unable to force his way into the first eleven. He made a second first-class appearance for Ireland in 1984 against Scotland at Glasgow. A fast bowler, O'Reilly took 5 wickets across his two first-class matches, at an average of 16.20, with best figures of 3/43.