Country: | South African |
Fullname: | Roland George Lyall Paver |
Birth Date: | 4 April 1950 |
Birth Place: | Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Role: | Wicket-keeper |
Club1: | Oxford University |
Year1: | 1972 - 1974 |
Columns: | 2 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 16 |
Runs1: | 290 |
Bat Avg1: | 12.08 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 34 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 33/5 |
Column2: | List A |
Matches2: | 4 |
Runs2: | 19 |
Bat Avg2: | 4.75 |
100S/50S2: | –/– |
Top Score2: | 14 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings2: | 5/1 |
Date: | 24 April |
Year: | 2020 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/18801.html Cricinfo |
Roland George Lyall Paver (born 4 April 1950) is a South African former first-class cricketer.
Paver was born at Johannesburg. He was educated in the city at The Ridge School, before going up as a Rhodes Scholar to Pembroke College at the University of Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against Essex at Oxford in 1972. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1972, making sixteen appearances, two of which included playing in The University Matches against Cambridge in 1973 and 1974.[2] Playing as a wicket-keeper, he scored 290 runs at an average of 12.08 and a high score of 34, while behind the stumps he took 33 catches and made five stumpings.[3] In addition to playing first-class cricket for the university, Paver also appeared in four List A one-day matches for Oxford in the 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup.[4] Paver later emigrated to Australia, where he lives in Albany, Western Australia.