Bob Herman (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer (born 1946)}}

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{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Bob Herman

| image =

| country =

| fullname = Robert Stephen Herman

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|11|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Shirley, Southampton, Hampshire, England

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nickname =

| family = Lofty Herman (father)

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| club1 = Middlesex

| year1 = {{nowrap|1965–1971}}

| club2 = Hampshire

| year2 = 1972–1977

| club3 =Border

| year3 = 1972/73

| club4 = Griqualand West

| year4 = 1974/75

| club5 = Dorset

| year5 = 1978–1979

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 189

| runs1 = 1,426

| bat avg1 = 10.18

| 100s/50s1 = 0/1

| top score1 = 56

| deliveries1 = 30,616

| wickets1 = 506

| bowl avg1 = 26.37

| fivefor1 = 14

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 8/42

| catches/stumpings1 = 74/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 132

| runs2 = 237

| bat avg2 = 4.93

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 25

| deliveries2 = 6,198

| wickets2 = 177

| bowl avg2 = 23.10

| fivefor2 = 2

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 6/42

| catches/stumpings2 = 22/–

| date = 16 May 2020

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/14168.html Cricinfo

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Robert Stephen Herman (born 30 November 1946) is a former English cricketer who played County Cricket for Middlesex from 1965 to 1971 and Hampshire from 1972 to 1977.{{cite web |title=Bob Herman |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/14168.html |website=Cricinfo |accessdate=11 May 2020}} He played in South Africa for Border in 1972/3 and for Griqualand West in 1974/5. He also played in the Minor Counties Championship for Dorset in 1978 and 1979.

Between 1979 and 1982, he umpired 61 first-class cricket matches. He then took up teaching.

Herman was born at Southampton in Hampshire. His father, Lofty Herman, also played for Hampshire.