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]