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Full name | Paul Gerrard Peter Roebuck | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Bath, Somerset, England |
14 October 1963 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Right-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Peter Roebuck (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1988 | Glamorgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1984 | Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1983–1985 | Cambridge University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 27 October 2012 |
Paul Gerrard Peter Roebuck (born 13 October 1963) is a former English cricketer. Roebuck was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born at Bath, Somerset, and was educated at Millfield School.
While studying at the University of Cambridge, Roebuck made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Glamorgan at Fenner's in 1983. He made four further first-class appearances for the university in 1983, before making a further five appearances in 1984. It was in 1984 that he made his only first-class appearance for Gloucestershire against Middlesex in the County Championship at the County Ground, Bristol. The following season, Roebuck made nine first-class appearances for Cambridge University, the last of which came against Oxford University in The University Match at Lord's. In nineteen first-class matches for the university, he scored a total of 686 runs at an average of 28.58, with a high score of 82. One of three half centuries he made, this score came against Somerset (captained by his brother, Peter) in 1985. With the ball, he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 44.83, with best figures of 2/44.