Peter E. Oatey is a former South Australia

South Australia

South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

n sportsman who played both Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 and tennis

Tennis

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. He appeared in two Australian Championship

Australian Open

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s and played for the Norwood Football Club

Norwood Football Club

Norwood Football Club, nicknamed, Redlegs, is an Australian rules football club belonging to the South Australian National Football League in the state of South Australia...

 in the South Australian National Football League

South Australian National Football League

The South Australian National Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the governing body for the sport of Australian rules football in South Australia....

 (SANFL).

Oatey played 120 SANFL games with Norwood, from 1965 to 1972. He is the son of Jack Oatey

Jack Oatey

Jack Oatey, AM was a former Australian rules football player and coach.-Playing career:Oatey played 181 games for the Norwood Football Club between 1940 and 1952 and acted as playing-coach from 1945 to 1952....

 and brother of Robert Oatey, both South Australian Football Hall of Fame

South Australian Football Hall of Fame

The South Australian Football Hall of Fame was created in 2002 to recognise the players, coaches, umpires, administrators and journalists who had made a significant contribution in the South Australian National Football League...

 inductees.

He partnered Ian Bidmeade in the 1967 Australian Championship

1967 Australian Championships (tennis)

List of Champions of the 1967 Australian Championships were held at Memorial Drive, Adelaide-Men's Singles: Roy Emerson defeated Arthur Ashe 6-4 6-1 6-4-Women's Singles: Nancy Richey Gunter defeated Lesley Turner Bowrey 6-1, 6-4...

 doubles but they were eliminated in the opening round, to Americans Jim McManus

Jim McManus (tennis)

James Henry McManus was an American tennis player, who reached the semifinals of the US Open men's doubles in 1968. McManus was a founding member of the Association of Tennis Professionals. McManus was coached by Tom Stow who guided Don Budge to the Grand Slam.-Personal life:McManus was born to...

 and Jim Osborne

Jim Osborne (tennis)

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.

In the 1968 Australian Championships

1968 Australian Championships (tennis)

The 1968 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place in the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia from 19 to 29 January. It was the 56th edition of the Australian Championships and the first Grand Slam of the year. It was also the last Grand Slam to be restricted to...

 he had more success, reaching the quarter finals of the doubles

1968 Australian Championships – Men's Doubles

John Newcombe and Tony Roche were the defending champions but did not compete that year.Dick Crealy and Allan Stone won in the final 10–8, 6–4, 6–3 against Terry Addison and Ray Keldie.-Seeds:...

 with his partner Barry Phillips-Moore

Barry Phillips-Moore

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. They defeated eighth seeds William Coghlan and Colin Stubbs in the opening round, in five sets. In the next round they had a walkover win over the Japanese pair, Jun Kamiwazumi

Jun Kamiwazumi

is a former Japan Davis Cup team player and tour tennis player.A native of Ishikawa Prefecture, Kamiwazumi competed in sixteen Grand Slam tennis events between 1972 and 1976. His best singles result was reaching the final 32 in the 1973 U.S. Open. His biggest grand slam tourney win was a first...

 and Toshiro Sakai. Their quarterfinal encounter with the number one seeds, William Bowrey

William Bowrey

William "Bill" Bowrey is a former Australian male tennis player.Bowrey was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and is best remembered as the last amateur to win the Australian Championships in 1968 before the tournament opened itself for professional tennis players in 1969.-Biography:Bowrey...

 and Ray Ruffels

Ray Ruffels

Ray Ruffels is a former professional tennis player.Ruffels was an Australian Open semi-finalist in 1969 and 1975, and a quarter-finalist in 1968, 1970 and 1977....

, proved too much and they exited in straight sets.

Oatey also competed in singles and again encountered William Coghlan in the first round, this time losing in four sets. Had Oatey won he would have met his own doubles partner, Phillips-Moore, in the second round.