Background
He was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
He was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
Perry was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. Perry made his debut for Shropshire in the 1970 Minor Counties Championship against Lincolnshire. Perry played Minor counties cricket for Shropshire from 1970 to 1986, which included 134 Minor Counties Championship appearances and 4 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.
He made his List A debut against Essex in the 1974 Gillette Cup.
He made 4 further List A appearances for the county, the last of which came against Warwickshire in the 1984 National Westminster Trophy. In his 5 List A matches for Shropshire, he scored 79 runs at an average of 19.75, with a high score of 43.
With the ball, he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 15.28, with best figures of 4/39. In 1975, he played a single match for Minor Counties North against Derbyshire in the Benson & Hedges Cup.
In this match, he scored 8 not out.