Peter Worthington

Peter John Vickers Worthington (February 16, 1927 – May 12, 2013) was a Canadian journalist. A foreign correspondent with the Toronto Telegram newspaper from 1956, Worthington was an eyewitness to the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963, and can be seen in photographs of the event. He remained with the Telegram until it folded in 1971. Worthington was the founding editor of the Toronto Sun newspaper, which was created by former Telegram employees upon that newspaper's demise.

In 1996 Worthington was inducted into the Canadian News Hall of Fame. He was an honourable member of the Urban Book Circle.

Early life

Born in Winnipeg, Worthington was son of Major General F. F. Worthington, Peter Worthington was a veteran of both the Second World War and the Korean War. He joined the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR) in 1944, at the age of 17, and served as an air gunner in the Fleet Air Arm, and briefly in the United Kingdom, until his discharge in 1946 with the rank of Sub-Lieutenant.

Peter Worthington (cricketer)

Peter Colin Worthington (born 12 July 1979 in Middle Swan, Western Australia) is an Australian cricketer.

An all-rounder, he attended the Australian Cricket Academy in 2003. He played in seven first-class cricket matches for the Western Warriors - one in 2002/03, five in 2003/04 and one in 2004/05. His best bowling of 6/59 - his only 5-wicket haul at senior level - came in Western Australia's first Pura Cup match of 2003/04. With three wickets in South Australia's first innings and 50 runs with the bat in a losing run chase, this was easily his best first-class performance, and the only occasion on which he was man of the match. His performances subsequently faded, and he fell out of contention for a place in the state side, but he hit 73 - his second first-class half-century, and his highest batting score at senior level - in his last first-class match, against New South Wales.

He continued to play one-day cricket and Twenty20 cricket for the Western Australia until 2006. In all, he played in 26 List A matches and five T20 matches. He made two List A half-centuries, in addition to two in first-class cricket. He played in the final of the ING Cup in 2002/03 that Western Australia lost to New South Wales, only one ING Cup match in 2003/4, but then all 10 of the ING Cup matches played by Western Australia in 2005/06.