Robert Woodman
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Robert Woodman is an English cricketer who plays for Gloucestershire
. He is a left-handed batsman and left-arm medium-fast bowler. Woodman attended The Castle School Taunton
and Richard Huish College, also in Taunton
.
He played his 3 first-class
matches in 2005 for Somerset
and scored 46* on his debut against Worcestershire
. He played for England in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup
in Sri Lanka
. He didn't play first team cricket for Somerset in 2006 but played regularly for the 2nd XI and also for Devon
.
More recently he has been a leading player for the MCC Young Cricketers XI and was 12th man for the England national side in the first Test against South Africa at Lords on 14 July 2008.
He signed for Gloucestershire in 2008, after impressing in a match for the MCC Young Cricketers XI.
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
. He is a left-handed batsman and left-arm medium-fast bowler. Woodman attended The Castle School Taunton
The Castle School Taunton
The Castle School is a co-educational comprehensive school in Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom. It has 1,200 pupils aged 11 to 16, and has had specialist Sports College status since 2003. It has recently been granted a second specialism in Vocational Education. During the schools latest Ofsted...
and Richard Huish College, also in Taunton
Taunton
Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England. The town, including its suburbs, had an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001. It is the largest town in the shire county of Somerset....
.
He played his 3 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 in 2005 for Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset 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 Somerset...
and scored 46* on his debut against Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire...
. He played for England in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup
2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup
The 2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was played in Sri Lanka from February 5 to February 19, 2006.The final was played between Pakistan and India in Colombo, which Pakistan won by 38 runs, enabling them to become the first back-to-back champions of the tournament.- Participating Nations :Sixteen...
in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
. He didn't play first team cricket for Somerset in 2006 but played regularly for the 2nd XI and also for Devon
Devon County Cricket Club
Devon 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 Devon and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy....
.
More recently he has been a leading player for the MCC Young Cricketers XI and was 12th man for the England national side in the first Test against South Africa at Lords on 14 July 2008.
He signed for Gloucestershire in 2008, after impressing in a match for the MCC Young Cricketers XI.