Peter Leitham Gardiner (22 July 1896 – 15 June 1975) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and footballer.
Gardiner was born in July 1896 at Perth. A club cricketer for Perthshire, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Scotland against Ireland six years apart from one another; his first match coming in 1925, with his second match coming in 1931. Both matches were played at College Park, Dublin.[1] He scored 67 runs in these matches, with a highest score of 42.[2] With his right-arm medium pace bowling, he took 3 wickets at an average of 45.33, with best figures of 2 for 7.[3] Outside of cricket, Gardiner played association football for Falkirk F.C. and St Johnstone F.C. as a goalkeeper.[4] Gardiner died at Perth in June 1975.
References
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Peter Gardiner". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Peter Gardiner". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Peter Gardiner". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ Football. Perthshire Advertiser. 3 March 1928. p. 18