Peter O'Reilly
Personal information
Full name
Peter Mark O'Reilly
Born (1964-07-23) 23 July 1964
Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RelationsLucy O'Reilly (daughter)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1982–1984Ireland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 1
Batting average 1.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 1*
Balls bowled 156
Wickets 5
Bowling average 16.20
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 3/43
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 October 2018

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.[1] Aged 18, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Ireland against Scotland at Edinburgh in 1982.[2] He spent 1983 and 1984 in England playing for Warwickshire Second XI, but was unable to force his way into the first eleven.[1] He made a second first-class appearance for Ireland in 1984 against Scotland at Glasgow.[2] 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.[3]

After two seasons in England, O'Reilly returned to Ireland to study art and history at University College Dublin.[1] After graduating, he taught history at St. Andrew's College, Dublin.[1] He briefly returned to the Irish side in 1990, playing minor matches against the touring New Zealanders, as well as touring Zimbabwe.[1][4] Following the death of The Irish Times cricket correspondent Sean Pender, O'Reilly left his teaching job to fill the vacant cricket correspondent job at the newspaper.[1] He became their rugby correspondent in 1995, a position he also held at various times with the Sunday Tribune and the Irish Independent.[1] He is the current Irish rugby correspondent for The Sunday Times.[1] O'Reilly has written books on Irish rugby, including the acclaimed Ireland and the Triple Crown, The Full Bag of Chips, released in 2004.[1] His daughter, Lucy O'Reilly, plays for the Irish women's cricket team.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Player profile: Peter Mark O'Reilly". CricketEurope. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  2. 1 2 "First-Class Matches played by Peter O'Reilly". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Peter O'Reilly". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Miscellaneous Matches played by Peter O'Reilly". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
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