| Country: | South Africa |
| Fullname: | Robert Hepburn Macdonald |
| Birth Date: | 18 July 1965 |
| Birth Place: | Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium-fast |
| Club1: | Oxford University |
| Year1: | 1991 - 1993 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 20 |
| Runs1: | 76 |
| Bat Avg1: | 9.60 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 20 |
| Deliveries1: | 2,920 |
| Wickets1: | 35 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 38.71 |
| Fivefor1: | 1 |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 5/20 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 5 |
| Runs2: | 18 |
| Bat Avg2: | 18.00 |
| 100S/50S2: | –/– |
| Top Score2: | 12 |
| Deliveries2: | 264 |
| Wickets2: | 9 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 26.22 |
| Fivefor2: | 1 |
| Tenfor2: | – |
| Best Bowling2: | 6/36 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | –/– |
| Date: | 1 September |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/17183.html Cricinfo |
Robert Hepburn Macdonald (born 18 July 1965) is a South African former cricketer.
Macdonald was born in Cape Town on the 18th of July 1965. He studied in England at Durham University, before undertaking his post-graduate studies at Keble College, Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Hampshire at Oxford in 1991. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1993, making a total of nineteen first-class appearances.[2] Playing as a right-arm medium-fast bowler, he took 31 wickets at an average of 38.93, with best figures of 5 for 20.[3] These figures, which was his only first-class five wicket haul, came against Middlesex in 1993.[4] He also made a single first-class appearance for the Combined Universities cricket team against the touring Australians.[2] In addition to playing first-class cricket while at Oxford, he also made three List A one-day appearances for the Combined Universities, making four appearances in the 1991 Benson & Hedges Cup and a single appearance in the 1993 Benson & Hedges Cup.[5] taking 9 wickets at an average of 26.22.[6] His best figures of 6 for 36 came against Gloucestershire on his List A debut.[7] He took no more than a single wicket in his other five List A matches.[8]