Robert Travers (cricketer) explained

Robert Travers
Country:England
Fullname:Robert Christopher Travers
Birth Date:18 March 1982
Birth Place:Taunton, Somerset, England
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm off break
Club1:Somerset Cricket Board
Club2:Wiltshire
Year2:2008
Type1:LA
Onetype1:true
Debutdate1:13 September
Debutyear1:2001
Debutfor1:Somerset Cricket Board
Debutagainst1:Norfolk
Columns:1
Column1:List A
Matches1:1
Runs1: -
Bat Avg1: -
100S/50S1: -
Top Score1: -
Deliveries1:42
Wickets1:2
Bowl Avg1:13.00
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:2/26
Catches/Stumpings1:0/ -
Date:22 May
Year:2010
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/44/44110/44110.html CricketArchive

Robert Christopher Travers (born 18 March 1982) is an English cricketer who made a single List A appearance for Somerset Cricket Board in 2001. He has played for Glastonbury Cricket Club, captaining the side at times. He is a right-arm off break bowler, and lower-order right-handed batsman.

Cricket career

County level

In his only major appearance, a List A match for Somerset Cricket Board in the second round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Travers claimed two wickets off his seven overs. He wasn't required to bat as the Somerset side lost due to having a slower run rate in a match abandoned due to rain.[1] He made two other appearances for Somerset Cricket Board, in the 2000 and 2002 ECB 38-County Cup competitions. In 2000, against Gloucestershire Cricket Board, he bowled four wicket-less overs, conceding 23 runs,[2] and in 2002 against Wiltshire, he bowled two wicket-less overs conceding 10 runs.[3]

Travers represented Wiltshire for five Minor Counties Championship and four Minor Counties Trophy matches in 2008. On his debut for the county against Cornwall he claimed 1/22 off five overs in a Trophy match.[4] He claimed one further wicket in his next three Trophy matches. He went wicket-less in his first Championship match, but claimed two wickets in the first-innings of his next match, albeit conceding 111 runs off his 24 overs. He was used heavily again in the second-innings, bowling 40 of the 98 overs, finishing with figures of 1/143.[5] He best return was in his fourth match, against Dorset, when took three wickets for 45 runs in his 13 overs.[6]

Club level

Travers first played for Street Cricket Club before moving to local rivals Glastonbury Cricket Club, first appearing for them in 2001. He claimed his first five-wicket haul in the West of England Premier League (WEPL) in 2006, in a match against Keynsham, returning figures of 5/28 off 16 overs.[7] He achieved the feat again the following season against Frocester, although his bowling proved more expensive on this occasion, as he conceded 68 runs while taking five wickets.[8] After captaining the side for three matches at the end of 2008, Travers took over the first-team captaincy permanently from the start of the 2009 season. He achieved his best bowling figures in the WEPL during his first year of captaincy, when he claimed 6/66 against Weston-super-Mare.[9] Later in the same season, he claimed 5/9 in seven overs as Glastonbury beat Downend by 171 runs.[10]

In 2018, Travers joined Shapwick & Polden CC after a five-year break from the game, playing his first match for their 2nd XI against his former club Street CC.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Norfolk v Somerset Cricket Board . CricketArchive . 13 September 2001 . 22 May 2010.
  2. Web site: Gloucestershire Cricket Board v Somerset Cricket Board . CricketArchive . 2 July 2000 . 22 May 2010.
  3. Web site: Wiltshire v Somerset Cricket Board . CricketArchive . 5 May 2002 . 22 May 2010.
  4. Web site: Wiltshire v Cornwall . CricketArchive . 27 April 2008 . 22 May 2010.
  5. Web site: Oxfordshire v Wiltshire . CricketArchive . 22 June 2008 . 22 May 2010.
  6. Web site: Wiltshire v Dorset . CricketArchive . 20 July 2008 . 22 May 2010.
  7. Web site: Glastonbury v Keynsham . CricketArchive . 24 June 2006 . 22 May 2010.
  8. Web site: Frocester v Glastonbury . CricketArchive . 12 May 2007 . 22 May 2010.
  9. Web site: Glastonbury v Weston-super-Mare . CricketArchive . 20 June 2009 . 22 May 2010.
  10. Web site: Glastonbury v Downend . CricketArchive . 15 August 2009 . 22 May 2010.
  11. Web site: Shapwick & Polden CC. sandpcc.play-cricket.com. 18 February 2020.