| Michael Pierce | |
| Birth Date: | 3 September 1869 |
| Birth Place: | Sydney, Australia |
| Death Place: | Sydney, Australia |
| Bowling: | Right-arm leg-spin |
| Role: | Bowler |
| Club1: | New South Wales |
| Year1: | 1892-93 to 1893-94 |
| Club2: | Queensland |
| Year2: | 1894-95 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 8 |
| Runs1: | 87 |
| Bat Avg1: | 8.70 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 32 |
| Deliveries1: | 1,658 |
| Wickets1: | 30 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 27.93 |
| Fivefor1: | 3 |
| Tenfor1: | 1 |
| Best Bowling1: | 8/111 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 7/0 |
| Date: | 24 October 2019 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/7122.html ESPNcricinfo |
Michael Pierce (3 September 1869 - 4 February 1913) was an Australian cricketer.[1] He played eight first-class matches for New South Wales and Queensland between 1892/93 and 1894/95.[2]
Short, thick-set and muscular, Mick Pierce was a slow leg-break bowler who could spin the ball sharply even on the hardest pitch.[3] [4] On his first-class debut in December 1892, which was also the first-ever Sheffield Shield match, Pierce opened the bowling for New South Wales and took 8 for 111 and 5 for 154, but South Australia nevertheless won by 57 runs.[5] A week later, in the second Sheffield Shield match, he took 6 for 100 and 1 for 63 against Victoria, but again he was on the losing side.[6] Despite this brilliant beginning to his career he quickly faded from the first-class scene, apparently through lack of ambition.
Pierce died in February 1913 after a long illness.[7]