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{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox cricketer
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| country = England
| full_name = Peter George Hatch
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|7|3|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Khadki|Kirkee]], [[Bombay Presidency]],<br>[[British India]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
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| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
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| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 5
| runs1 = 60
| bat avg1 = 8.57
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 15
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–
| date = 14 March
| year = 2019
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/14622.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Peter George Hatch''' (born 3 July 1938) is an [[English people|English]] former first-class cricketer and [[British Army]] officer.

Hatch was born at [[Khadki|Kirkee]], in what was then [[British India]]. He was educated in England at [[Malvern College]],<ref name="PRO">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30050/30050.html |title=Player profile: Peter Hatch |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-03-14 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> before attending the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]]. He graduated from the Royal Military Academy in December 1958, entering into the [[Royal Engineers]] as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom & other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=41635|date=13 February 1959|page=1153|supp=y}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in December 1960.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=42222|date=16 December 1960|page=8713|supp=y}}</ref> Hatch debuted in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Combined Services cricket team]] against [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] at [[The Oval]] in 1960, a season in which he also played against the touring [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africans]] at [[United Services Recreation Ground|Portsmouth]].<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30050/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Peter Hatch |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-03-14 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

He attended [[Queens' College, Cambridge|Queens' College]] at the [[University of Cambridge]] during his military service, graduating with a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in 1963.<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=The Cambridge University List of Members for the Year 1991 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=1991 |page=596 |isbn=9780521434683 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=05AcAQAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> While at Cambridge, he played two first-class matches for the [[Free Foresters Cricket Club|Free Foresters]] in 1961.<ref name="FCM"/> He was the secretary to the college cricket club in 1961–62, a position he relinquished upon his impending marriage.<ref>{{cite book |title=Queens' College 1961-1962 |publisher=Queens' College, Cambridge |year=1963 |page=15 |url=https://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/files/publicationFiles/queens-college-1961-1962ocr.pdf |language=en}}</ref> In that same season, he played his final first-class match for the Combined Services against [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]].<ref name="FCM"/> Across five first-class matches, Hatch scored 60 runs with a high score of 15.<ref name="PRO"/> Shortly after obtaining his B.A., he was promoted to the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in December 1964.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=43518|date=15 December 1964|page=10818|supp=y}}</ref> He gained his [[Master of Arts|masters]] from Cambridge in 1967.<ref name="BOOK"/> He retired from active military service in June 1968, having received a [[gratuity]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=44625|date=28 June 1968|page=7348|supp=y}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=14622}}

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[[Category:1938 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Pune]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Pune]]
[[Category:People educated at Malvern College]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]]
[[Category:Royal Engineers officers]]
[[Category:Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Combined Services cricketers]]
[[Category:Free Foresters cricketers]]
[[Category:20th-century English sportsmen]]

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