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Batting style
  
Left-handed

1988
  
Name
  
Paul Roebuck

Bowling style
  
Right-arm medium-fast

Full name
  
Paul Gerrard Peter Roebuck

Born
  
14 October 1963 (age 61) (
1963-10-14
)
Bath, Somerset, England

Relations
  
Peter Roebuck (brother)

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Paul Gerrard Peter Roebuck (born 13 October 1963) is a former English cricketer. Roebuck was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born at Bath, Somerset, and was educated at Millfield School.

While studying at the University of Cambridge, Roebuck made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Glamorgan at Fenner's in 1983. He made four further first-class appearances for the university in 1983, before making a further five appearances in 1984. It was in 1984 that he made his only first-class appearance for Gloucestershire against Middlesex in the County Championship at the County Ground, Bristol. The following season, Roebuck made nine first-class appearances for Cambridge University, the last of which came against Oxford University in The University Match at Lord's. In nineteen first-class matches for the university, he scored a total of 686 runs at an average of 28.58, with a high score of 82. One of three half centuries he made, this score came against Somerset (captained by his brother, Peter) in 1985. With the ball, he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 44.83, with best figures of 2/44.

While playing for the university, he also played List A cricket for the Combined Universities, making his debut in that format against Kent in the 1983 Benson & Hedges Cup. He made six further appearances for the team, the last of which came against Sussex in the 1985 Benson & Hedges Cup. In his seven List A matches, he scored a total of 132 runs at an average of 22.00, with a high score of 33.

He later made two first-class appearances for Glamorgan in the 1988 County Championship against Hampshire and Worcestershire, scoring a total of 60 runs.

References

Paul Roebuck Wikipedia


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