| Dennis Piers | |
| Fullname: | Dennis Walter Piers |
| Birth Date: | 10 May 1929 |
| Birth Place: | Leribe, Basutoland |
| Death Date: | 9 September 2005 (aged 76) |
| Death Place: | Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa |
| Club1: | Orange Free State |
| Year1: | 1947/48 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 2 |
| Runs1: | 41 |
| Bat Avg1: | 10.25 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 24 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
| Date: | 10 September |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Players/25/25855/25855.html CricketArchive |
Dennis Walter Piers (10 May 1929 – 9 September 2005) was a South African cricketer who played two first-class matches for Orange Free State during the 1947–48 season.
Piers was born in Leribe (or Hlotse), in what is now Lesotho (previously part of the British colony of Basutoland).[1] He is one of only a handful of first-class cricketers to be born in that country. Both of Piers' matches for Orange Free State came in March 1948, towards the end of that season's Currie Cup.[2] On debut against Western Province, he scored 24 and 6, while in the next match, against Eastern Province, he scored a duck in the first innings and 11 run in the second. In all four of his innings, he came in ninth in the batting order.[3] [4] Despite making his debut at the age of 17, Piers played no further matches for Orange Free State. He died in Randburg, a suburb of Johannesburg, in September 2005, aged 76.[1]