Robert Roy (cricketer) explained

Robert Roy
Country:New Zealand
Fullname:Robert Alexander Roy
Birth Date:7 October 1948
Birth Place:Gore, Southland, New Zealand
Batting:Left-handed
Bowling:Slow left-arm orthodox
Club1:Southland
Year1:1968/69
Club2:Otago
Club3:Central Otago
Year3:1979/80
Date:22 May
Year:2016
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38359.html CricInfo

Robert Alexander Roy (born 7 October 1948) is a New Zealand former cricketer. He played four first-class matches for Otago during the 1970–71 and 1971–72 seasons.[1]

Roy was born at Gore in the Southland Region of New Zealand in 1948.[2] He played age-group cricket for Otago and for Southland in the Hawke Cup before making his representative debut for Otago in December 1970. Primarily a slow left-arm orthodox bowler, on debut against Wellington Roy took one wicket and made scores of 22 and 30 runs in a Plunket Shield match ar Carisbrook. He went on to play two other Shield matches during the season, taking three wickets against Northern Districts in his second match.[3]

The following season Roy played a single first-class match against a New Zealand under-23 side towards the end of the domestic season, his final top-level match. He played for Central Otago in the Hawke Cup during the 1979–80 season.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Robert Roy . 22 May 2016 . CricInfo.
  2. McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 116. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
  3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22793/22793.html Robert Roy