Richard Gordon Rodger is an English

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...

 born former Scottish

Scottish people

The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...

 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. Rodger was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Norwich

Norwich

Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...

, Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

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Rodger made his debut for Cheshire

Cheshire County Cricket Club

Cheshire 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 Cheshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...

 in the 1972 Minor Counties Championship against the Somerset Second XI

Somerset County Cricket Club

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. He played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1972 to 1982, including 56 Minor Counties Championship matches. In 1982, he made his only List A appearance for Cheshire against Middlesex

Middlesex County Cricket Club

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 in the NatWest Trophy

1982 NatWest Trophy

The 1982 NatWest Trophy was the 2nd NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 3 July and 4 September 1982...

. In this match he scored 16 runs before being dismissed by Simon Hughes

Simon Hughes (cricketer)

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Rodger also represented Scotland in a single first-class

First-class cricket

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 match against Ireland in 1975. In Scotland's first-innings he scored 2 runs before being dismissed by Roy Torrens

Roy Torrens

Robert "Roy" Torrens OBE , is a retired cricketer and the current manager of the Ireland cricket team....

 and in their second-innings he was dismissed by Dermott Monteith

Dermott monteith

James Dermott Monteith was an Irish international cricketer. Monteith was a right-handed batsman who bowled Slow left-arm orthodox...

 for a duck

Duck (cricket)

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. With the ball he bowled 15 wicket-less overs

Over (cricket)

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. He played Second XI cricket for the Warwickshire Second XI

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

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 in 1973.

External links

• Richard Rodger at ESPNcricinfo
• Richard Rodger at CricketArchive
  CricketArchive
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