Richard Drewer

{{short description|Australian cricketer}}

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| fullname = Richard Harris Drewer

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|6|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Adelaide, Australia

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| batting = Left-handed

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| role = Batsman

| club1 = South Australia

| year1 = {{no wrap|1974/75-1975/76}}

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| columns = 2

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| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 14

| runs1 = 659

| bat avg1 = 26.36

| 100s/50s1 = -/7

| top score1 = 90

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| catches/stumpings1= 12/-

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 2

| runs2 = 49

| bat avg2 = 24.50

| 100s/50s2 = -/-

| top score2 = 39

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| date = 31 October 2018

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/5007.html Cricinfo

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Richard Harris Drewer (born 12 June 1946) is an Australian cricketer. He played fourteen first-class matches and two List A matches for South Australia between 1974 and 1976.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/5007.html |title=Richard Drewer |accessdate=31 October 2018 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}

Nicknamed "Stumpy",Kitto, p. 2. Drewer attended Scotch College,Turner, M. "The Great Cricket School Debate", The Advertiser (Adelaide), 2 September 2019. and spent many years playing South Australian district cricket for Sturt, Adelaide University and Adelaide cricket clubs,Page, p, 13. before making his debut for South Australia on 13 December 1974, against Queensland at Adelaide Oval, scoring 90 and eight.{{cite web |title=Sheffield Shield, 1974/75 South Australia v Queensland |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1974-75/AUS_LOCAL/SS/SOA_QLD_SS_13-16DEC1974.html |website=CricInfo |publisher=ESPN |access-date=31 August 2021}}

Drewer, who was a DJ who played private parties under the name SWORD (an acronym for "The Swinging World of Rick Drewer"), was known for wearing his shirt unbuttoned to the waist and his uproarious laughSexton, p. 94. and quickly became a popular member of the South Australian team.Nicholls, p. 26.

Drewer also received support from influential local sports reporter Alan Shiell, who argued that Drewer was, along with Ashley Woodcock, the best opening batsmen South Australia had.Sexton, p. 26. While South Australia won the Sheffield Shield in 1975/76, Drewer played poorly, averaging only 15.70 from five matches, including scores of 0, 0, 0 and five against Western Australia, falling to Dennis Lillee each time.Manning, pp. 125-127.

When South Australian captain Ian Chappell learnt that selectors had dropped Drewer from the squad to play New South Wales and Queensland without consulting Chappell, he threatened strike action.

In 2019 The Advertiser named Drewer as an opener in Scotch College's Greatest Ever Team.