Robert Yates (cricketer)
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Robert John Yates was a New Zealand cricket
er who played 15 first-class
matches between the 1873–74 and 1893–94 seasons, all for Auckland.
Yates scored only one half-century, making precisely 50 against Wellington at Auckland Domain
in April 1887. He acted as captain for the only time in this match.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played 15 first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
matches between the 1873–74 and 1893–94 seasons, all for Auckland.
Yates scored only one half-century, making precisely 50 against Wellington at Auckland Domain
Auckland Domain
The Auckland Domain is Auckland's oldest park, and at 75 hectares one of the largest in the city. Located in the central suburb of Grafton, the park contains all of the explosion crater and most of the surrounding tuff ring of the Pukekawa volcano....
in April 1887. He acted as captain for the only time in this match.