Robert Chambers (cricketer) explained

Country:England
Fullname:Robert Edwin Jeffery Chambers
Birth Date:19 November 1943
Birth Place:Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm off break
Club1:Hertfordshire
Year1:1972–1974
Club2:Staffordshire
Year2:1969
Club3:Cambridge University
Year3:1966
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:12
Runs1:386
Bat Avg1:17.54
100S/50S1:–/3
Top Score1:58
Deliveries1:5
Wickets1:
Bowl Avg1:
Fivefor1:
Tenfor1:
Best Bowling1:
Catches/Stumpings1:9/–
Date:29 April
Year:2012
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11079.html Cricinfo

Robert Edwin Jeffery Chambers (born 19 November 1943) is a former English cricketer. Chambers was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, and was educated at the Forest School, Walthamstow.

While attending the University of Cambridge, Chambers made his first-class debut for Cambridge University Cricket Club against Scotland at Fenner's in 1966. In what was his only season of first-class cricket, Chambers made eleven further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against Oxford University in The University Match at Lord's.[1] In his twelve first-class appearances for the university, he scored 386 runs at an average of 17.54, with a high score of 58.[2] One of three half centuries he made in that season, this score came against Somerset.[3]

He later made a single appearance Staffordshire against Cheshire in the 1969 Minor Counties Championship.[4] He later joined Hertfordshire, making his debut for the county in the 1972 Minor Counties Championship against Cambridgeshire. He made fourteen further appearances for the county in Minor counties cricket, the last of which came against Buckinghamshire in 1974.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: First-Class Matches played by Robert Chambers. CricketArchive. 29 April 2012.
  2. Web site: First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Robert Chambers. CricketArchive. 29 April 2012.
  3. Web site: Somerset v Cambridge University, 1966. CricketArchive. 29 April 2012.
  4. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Robert Chambers. CricketArchive. 29 April 2012.