Paul Roebuck

{{Short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Paul Roebuck

| country = England

| fullname = Paul Gerrard Peter Roebuck

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|10|14|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bath, Somerset, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| heightm =

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium-fast

| role =

| family = Peter Roebuck (brother)

| club3 = Glamorgan

| year3 = 1988

| club2 = Gloucestershire

| year2 = 1984

| club1 = Cambridge University

| year1 = 1983–1985

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 22

| runs1 = 771

| bat avg1 = 25.70

| 100s/50s1 = 0/3

| top score1 = 82

| deliveries1 = 455

| wickets1 = 6

| bowl avg1 = 44.83

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 2/44

| catches/stumpings1 = 8/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 7

| runs2 = 132

| bat avg2 = 22.00

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 33

| deliveries2 = 150

| wickets2 = 1

| bowl avg2 = 86.00

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 1/32

| catches/stumpings2 = 0/–

| date = 27 October

| year = 2012

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/19455.html Cricinfo

}}

Paul Gerrard Peter Roebuck (born 13 October 1963) is a former English cricketer. Roebuck was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Bath, Somerset, and was educated at Millfield School.

While studying at the University of Cambridge, Roebuck made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Glamorgan at Fenner's in 1983. He made four further first-class appearances for the university in 1983, before making a further five appearances in 1984.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4617/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Paul Roebuck|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=27 October 2012}} It was in 1984 that he made his only first-class appearance for Gloucestershire against Middlesex in the County Championship at the County Ground, Bristol. The following season, Roebuck made nine first-class appearances for Cambridge University, the last of which came against Oxford University in The University Match at Lord's. In nineteen first-class matches for the university, he scored a total of 686 runs at an average of 28.58, with a high score of 82.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4617/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Paul Roebuck|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=27 October 2012}} One of three half centuries he made, this score came against Somerset (captained by his brother, Peter) in 1985.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/46/46117.html|title=Somerset v Cambridge University, 1985|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=27 October 2012}} With the ball, he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 44.83, with best figures of 2/44.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4617/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Paul Roebuck|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=27 October 2012}}

While playing for the university, he also played List A cricket for the Combined Universities, making his debut in that format against Kent in the 1983 Benson & Hedges Cup. He made six further appearances for the team, the last of which came against Sussex in the 1985 Benson & Hedges Cup.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4617/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Paul Roebuck|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=27 October 2012}} In his seven List A matches, he scored a total of 132 runs at an average of 22.00, with a high score of 33.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4617/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Paul Roebuck|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=27 October 2012}}

He later made two first-class appearances for Glamorgan in the 1988 County Championship against Hampshire and Worcestershire, scoring a total of 60 runs.