Robert Roy (cricketer)

Robert Roy

Personal information
Full name	Robert Alexander Roy
Born	(1948-10-07) 7 October 1948 (age 76) Gore, Southland, New Zealand
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1968/69	Southland
1970/71–1971/72	Otago
1979/80	Central Otago
Source: CricInfo, 22 May 2016

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]

References

1. "Robert Roy". CricInfo. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
2. McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 116. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
3. Robert Roy, CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2023. (subscription required)

External links

• Robert Roy at ESPNcricinfo