Died September 4th, 2002

We met Peter when he brought the first Kiwi Cavaliers Team to the 1992 Sixes. As the organizer, life and spirit of the team, it was always our pleasure to see Peter in Chiang Mai every April whether or not the Cavaliers were participating. His passing on the 4th of September has been a great shock to all of us and our sincere condolences go to his wife, Marianne, and children. Our cricket ground will never be quite the same without Peter's forever cheerful personality and character supporting the Sixes’ cause.

Tim Legge of Kiwi Cavaliers kindly sent us the following (on Sept 5)

Peter as you may well know was the main stay and happy man of the New Zealand contingent and his death has come as a shock to us all here in New Zealand. A youngish gentleman Peter succumbed to a liver malfunction which was unfortunately incurable.

Peter was admitted to hospital in the middle of last week and was diagnosed as having liver problems. By Sunday he was placed on life support and today, this was removed at noon. He lived for a further 45 minutes but his body was unable to continue to function without life support.

Peter leaves behind a loving wife and children, with many friends, all of us who are still in shock".

I am sure all who knew Peter will be equally as shocked. For everyone's interest I have requested for a wreath, with a message from all the teams, players and committee of the Chiang Mai Sixes.

Anyone who would like to send personal messages send them through Tim Legge at e-mail address : tglegge@ihug.co.nz who will pass them on to the family.

And thanks to Tim Legge again on Sept 10th for the following:

Peter Evans Layed to Rest

A well attended funeral with many comments during the tributes about Peter's love for the Chiang Mai Cricket Sixes.

Peter's life and personality was shown by the respect of the many people who turned up at the funeral. We have now all come to accept his passing as a final journey that we all must take one day, and hope that his family and friends will be able to come to terms with such a terrible loss.

I did manage to write in the book of condolences a tribute from the "Bromley" family and also "The Board of Directors of the Chiang Mai Cricket Sixes". Not being the greatest of script writers I do hope that this was acceptable from both your family and the Board.

Peter was cremated at a family only ceremony, but the service was for all who knew and respected him, after the service he was driven past the Henderson Police Station in the customary Hearst to a street lined with uniformed police officers and many civilians like myself. There an officer played the bagpipes as Peter was slowly driven past to his final resting place.