| Peter Eele | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Peter James Eele |
| Birth Date: | 27 January 1935 |
| Birth Place: | Taunton, Somerset, England |
| Death Date: | 25 January 2019 (aged 83) |
| Death Place: | Wellington, Somerset, England |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Role: | Wicketkeeper |
| Club1: | Somerset |
| Type1: | First-class |
| Debutdate1: | 31 May |
| Debutyear1: | 1958 |
| Debutfor1: | Somerset |
| Debutagainst1: | Sussex |
| Lastdate1: | 21 June |
| Lastyear1: | 1965 |
| Lastfor1: | Somerset |
| Lastagainst1: | Cambridge University |
| Type2: | List A |
| Debutdate2: | 27 May |
| Debutyear2: | 1964 |
| Debutfor2: | Somerset |
| Debutagainst2: | Nottinghamshire |
| Lastdate2: | 10 May |
| Lastyear2: | 1969 |
| Lastfor2: | Devon |
| Lastagainst2: | Hertfordshire |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 54 |
| Runs1: | 612 |
| Bat Avg1: | 12.24 |
| 100S/50S1: | 1/0 |
| Top Score1: | 103 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Wickets1: | - |
| Bowl Avg1: | - |
| Fivefor1: | - |
| Tenfor1: | - |
| Best Bowling1: | - |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 87/19 |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 3 |
| Runs2: | 12 |
| Bat Avg2: | 4.00 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
| Top Score2: | 6 |
| Deliveries2: | - |
| Wickets2: | - |
| Bowl Avg2: | - |
| Fivefor2: | - |
| Tenfor2: | - |
| Best Bowling2: | - |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 4/0 |
| Date: | 6 July 2008 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3533/3533.html CricketArchive |
Peter James Eele (27 January 1935 – 25 January 2019) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Somerset and was later a first-class umpire.[1] [2]
Eele was a lower-order left-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper. He was the reserve wicketkeeper to Harold Stephenson at Somerset in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and his first-class cricket career was dictated largely by Stephenson's state of health. So 43 of Eele's 54 first-class matches came in two seasons: 1958, when Stephenson was injured for the second half of the season, and 1964, when Stephenson was able to play only three times.[3] When Stephenson left the county somewhat unwillingly at the end of the 1964 season, Somerset recruited Geoff Clayton of Lancashire as his wicketkeeping replacement. Eele stayed as Clayton's deputy for a couple of seasons, but then left the staff.
Eele's batting was his weak point. He passed 40 in a first-class innings only once, though he then went on to make an unbeaten 103 against the Pakistan Eaglets team in 1963.[4] As a wicketkeeper, he was "tidy and unshowy".[5]
After leaving Somerset, Eele played Minor Counties cricket for Devon. From 1981 to 1984 and then again from 1989 to 1990 he was on the first-class umpires list. He umpired 124 first-class and 101 List A matches.[6]