Robin Gardner (cricketer)
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Leslie Robin Gardner is a former English
cricket
er and footballer. In cricket, Gardner was a right-handed batsman
who bowled right-arm medium pace
. He was born at Ledbury
, Herefordshire
.
Gardner made his first-class
debut for Leicestershire
against Cambridge University
in 1954. In first-class cricket, Gardner appeared 126 times for Leicestershire between 1954 and 1962. In these 126 matches, he took scored 4,119 runs at a batting average
of 19.80, with a high score of 102 not out
. This score was one of two centuries
he made, with his 102 not out coming against the touring Australians in 1961. An inconsistent batsman, his most successful season was in 1959 when he made exactly 1,000 runs. Between the 1957 and 1960 seasons, he played 20 matches or more in each, passing 650 runs in each season. An able fielder, he took 63 catches. He left Leicestershire at the end of the 1962 season
.
He joined Hertfordshire
in 1964, making his debut for the county against Norfolk
in the Minor Counties Championship. He played for Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1964 to 1965, making sixteen appearances. He also made two List A appearances for the county, against Durham
in the 1964 Gillette Cup
and Berkshire
in the 1966 Gillette Cup
.
Outside of cricket, Gardner played football for Hereford United
.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
cricket
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 and footballer. In cricket, Gardner was a right-handed batsman
Batting (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the cricket ball with a cricket bat to score runs or prevent the loss of one's wicket. A player who is currently batting is denoted as a batsman, while the act of hitting the ball is called a shot or stroke...
who bowled right-arm medium pace
Seam bowling
Seam bowling is a phrase used for a bowling technique in cricket whereby the ball is deliberately bowled on to its seam, to cause a random deviation. Practitioners are known as seam bowlers or seamers....
. He was born at Ledbury
Ledbury
Ledbury is a town in Herefordshire, England, lying east of Hereford, and south of the Malvern Hills.Today, Ledbury is a thriving market town in rural England. The town has a large number of timber framed buildings, in particular along Church Lane and High Street. One of Ledbury's most outstanding...
, Herefordshire
Herefordshire
Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire" NUTS 2 region. It also forms a unitary district known as the...
.
Gardner made his 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...
debut for Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
against Cambridge University
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
in 1954. In first-class cricket, Gardner appeared 126 times for Leicestershire between 1954 and 1962. In these 126 matches, he took scored 4,119 runs at a batting average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
of 19.80, with a high score of 102 not out
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
. This score was one of two centuries
Century (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, a batsman reaches his century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. The term is also included in "century partnership" which occurs when two batsmen add 100 runs to the team total when they are batting together. A century is regarded as a landmark score for...
he made, with his 102 not out coming against the touring Australians in 1961. An inconsistent batsman, his most successful season was in 1959 when he made exactly 1,000 runs. Between the 1957 and 1960 seasons, he played 20 matches or more in each, passing 650 runs in each season. An able fielder, he took 63 catches. He left Leicestershire at the end of the 1962 season
1962 English cricket season
The 1962 English cricket season was the last in which the famous old Gentlemen v Players fixture took place. This was as a result of the distinction between amateurs and professionals being abolished following the end of the season....
.
He joined Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire County Cricket Club
Hertfordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Hertfordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
in 1964, making his debut for the county against Norfolk
Norfolk County Cricket Club
Norfolk County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Norfolk and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
in the Minor Counties Championship. He played for Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1964 to 1965, making sixteen appearances. He also made two List A appearances for the county, against Durham
Durham County Cricket Club
Durham County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Durham. Its limited overs team is called the Durham Dynamos. Their kit colours are blue with yellow trim and the shirt sponsor was...
in the 1964 Gillette Cup
1964 Gillette Cup
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and Berkshire
Berkshire County Cricket Club
Berkshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Berkshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Knockout Trophy....
in the 1966 Gillette Cup
1966 Gillette Cup
The 1966 Gillette Cup was the fourth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 28 April and 3 September 1966 . The tournament was won by Warwickshire County Cricket Club in the final at Lord's.-Format:...
.
Outside of cricket, Gardner played football for Hereford United
Hereford United F.C.
Hereford United Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Hereford. Founded in 1924, they are competing in Football League Two in the 2011–12 season. Hereford have played at Edgar Street for their entire history and are nicknamed 'The Whites' or 'The Lilywhites',...
.
External links
- Robin Gardner at ESPNcricinfo
- Robin Gardner at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...