Andy Robson (cricketer)

{{Short description|English cricketer}}

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| country = England

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| fullname = Andrew George Robson

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|4|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = East Boldon, County Durham, England

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

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| club1 = Northumberland

| year1 = 1995

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| club2 = Sussex

| year2 = 1992

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| club3 = Surrey

| year3 = 1990–1991

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| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 7

| runs1 = 3

| bat avg1 = 0.75

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 3

| deliveries1 = 948

| wickets1 = 9

| bowl avg1 = 56.44

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 4/37

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 19

| runs2 = 5

| bat avg2 = 2.50

| 100s/50s2 = –/–

| top score2 = 3

| deliveries2 = 906

| wickets2 = 20

| bowl avg2 = 29.90

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = 3/42

| catches/stumpings2 = 2/–

| date = 27 August

| year = 2012

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/19531.html Cricinfo

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Andrew George Robson (born 27 April 1971) is an English former cricketer. Robson was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at East Boldon, County Durham.

Robson made his debut for Surrey in a List A match against Derbyshire in the 1990 Refuge Assurance League, in what was his only appearance in 1990.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12072/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Andy Robson|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=27 August 2012}} The following season, he made his first-class debut against Essex in the County Championship at the County Ground, Chelmsford. He made a further first-class appearance for the county in 1991, against Kent.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12072/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Andy Robson|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=27 August 2012}} He also made three List A appearances in the Refuge Assurance League against Kent, Lancashire and Hampshire. In four List A matches for Surrey, he took 8 wickets at an average of 20.62, with best figures of 3/42.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12072/a_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=List A Bowling For Each Team by Andy Robson|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=27 August 2012}} With opportunities limited at Surrey, Robson proceeded to join Surrey for the 1992 season, making his first-class debut for his new county against Hampshire in the County Championship, with him making four further first-class appearances in that season, the last of which came against Durham. In five first-class matches for Sussex, he took 8 wickets at an average of 50.62, with best figures of 4/37.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12072/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Andy Robson|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=27 August 2012}} In his only season with Sussex, he did feature more in limited overs cricket, making fifteen List A appearances, the last of which came against Hampshire in the 1992 Sunday League. In his limited overs appearances for Sussex, he took a total of 12 wickets at an average of 36.08, with best figures of 2/14.

He later made two appearances for Northumberland in the 1995 Minor Counties Championship, against Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12072/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Andy Robson|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=27 August 2012}}