Robert Rollins
Encyclopedia
Robert John Rollins is a former English
cricket
er. Rollins was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace
, but played primarily as a wicketkeeper.
In a career that lasted 11 years, he represented Essex
in first-class cricket
and List-A cricket, Cambridgeshire
in Minor Counties and List-A cricket and Huntingdonshire
in List-A cricket.
In his 7 year career with Essex, he forged a successful, if inconsistent first-class career. He played 69 first-class matches, where he scored 2,258 runs at a batting average
of 22.35, with 11 half centuries and a single century. His highest score in first-class cricket was 133*
. Behind the stumps he took 158 catches and made 21 stumpings. In List-A cricket, he played from 1993 to 2003 with a number of counties, playing a total of 109 matches, where he scored 1,197 runs at an average of 17.86. In the process, he made 6 half centuries with a high score of 87*
. Behind the stumps he took 87 catches and made 26 stumpings.
His brother Adrian
played first-class and List A cricket for Derbyshire
and Northamptonshire
.
English people
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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. Rollins was a right-handed batsman 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....
, but played primarily as a wicketkeeper.
In a career that lasted 11 years, he represented Essex
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex 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 Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
in first-class cricket
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...
and List-A cricket, Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club
Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy.The club is based at The Avenue...
in Minor Counties and List-A cricket and Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club
Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the county of Huntingdonshire...
in List-A cricket.
In his 7 year career with Essex, he forged a successful, if inconsistent first-class career. He played 69 first-class matches, where he scored 2,258 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 22.35, with 11 half centuries and a single century. His highest score in first-class cricket was 133*
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...
. Behind the stumps he took 158 catches and made 21 stumpings. In List-A cricket, he played from 1993 to 2003 with a number of counties, playing a total of 109 matches, where he scored 1,197 runs at an average of 17.86. In the process, he made 6 half centuries with a high score of 87*
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...
. Behind the stumps he took 87 catches and made 26 stumpings.
His brother Adrian
Adrian Rollins
Adrian Stewart Rollins was an English cricketer, of West Indian origin who played for Derbyshire from 1993 to 1999 and for Northamptonshire from 2000 to 2002...
played first-class and List A cricket for Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
and Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
.
External links
- Robert Rollins at CricinfoCricinfoESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...
- Robert Rollins 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...