Ian Alexander Ross Peebles (20 January 1908 – 28 February 1980) was a cricketer who played for Oxford University, Middlesex, Scotland and England.

He so impressed Faulkner and other observers, including Sir Pelham Warner, with his leg break and googly bowling that, when the amateurs were short of a team to play in the annual Gentlemen v Players match at The Oval, Peebles was invited to make up the numbers.

Across the 1930s, Peebles was an enthusiastic member of amateur tours to far-flung places, but he played only intermittently for Middlesex until 1939, when he reappeared full-time to captain the side.

[4] A noted bon viveur and raconteur, after the Second World War he worked in the wine trade in the company he helped found, Walter S. Siegel Ltd, from 1946 until he retired in 1974.

His obituary notice in the 1981 edition of Wisden said: "For any student of cricket history over the last 60 years, his many books are compulsory and delightful reading.