1. Cecil George Pepper was an Australian first-class cricketer who became a professional in English league cricket and later a first-class umpire in England.
11 Facts About Cec Pepper
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Cec Pepper once scored 38 runs off an eight-ball over.
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Cec Pepper played only two first-class matches after that tour, spending the rest of his career as a professional in league cricket.
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Cec Pepper appealed for leg before wicket against Australian captain Don Bradman in a match against South Australia.
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The appeal was turned down and Cec Pepper complained to the umpire, prompting Bradman, who was a member of the Australian Board, to lodge a complaint about Cec Pepper.
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Cec Pepper remained in England and died in 1993 in Lancashire.
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Cec Pepper established a successful packaging business in Bury in Lancashire, and bought residences in Blackpool and the south of Spain.
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Cec Pepper married Maurine Ford in Wagga Wagga in October 1943.
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Cec Pepper had an affair in England in 1944 that led to the birth of a son in 1945.
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Cec Pepper did not remarry, but he and a married woman had a son in October 1964.
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Cec Pepper died of heart disease in Littleborough, Lancashire, in March 1993.