Robbie Lawson

{{short description|New Zealand cricketer (born 1974)}}

{{for|the Emmerdale character|Robbie Lawson (Emmerdale)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2013}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Robbie Lawson

| image =

| full_name = Robert Arthur Lawson

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1974|09|14}}

| birth_place = Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off break

| role = Batsman

| club1 = Otago

| year1 = {{nowrap|1992/93–2003/04}}

| type1 = FC

| debutdate1 = 3 December

| debutyear1 = 1992

| debutfor1 = Otago

| debutagainst1 = Central Districts

| lastdate1 = 7 March

| lastyear1 = 2004

| lastfor1 = Otago

| lastagainst1 = Sri Lanka A

| type2 = LA

| debutdate2 = 3 January

| debutyear2 = 1993

| debutfor2 = Otago

| debutagainst2 = Wellington

| lastdate2 = 30 January

| lastyear2 = 2004

| lastfor2 = Otago

| lastagainst2 = Wellington

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 73

| runs1 = 3,278

| bat avg1 = 25.81

| 100s/50s1 = 3/16

| top score1 = 200

| deliveries1 = 47

| wickets1 = 2

| bowl avg1 = 9.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 1/0

| catches/stumpings1 = 28/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 93

| runs2 = 2,291

| bat avg2 = 27.60

| 100s/50s2 = 0/16

| top score2 = 83*

| deliveries2 = 39

| wickets2 = 0

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2 = 26/–

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/robbie-lawson-37604 CricInfo

| date = 10 November

| year = 2023

}}

Robert Arthur Lawson (born 14 September 1974) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played for Otago between the 1992–93 and 2003–04 seasons.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2/2326/2326.html Robbie Lawson], CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 April 2016. {{subscription required}}

Lawson was born at Dunedin in Otago in 1974[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/robbie-lawson-37604 Robbie Lawson], CricInfo. Retrieved 10 November 2023. and was educated at Otago Boys' High School in the city.McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 79. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. {{isbn|978 1 905138 98 2}} ([https://archive.acscricket.com/cricketers_series/new_zealand_cricketers_1863-64_2010/index.html Available online] at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)Pratley G (2018) [https://obhs.school.nz/community/latest-news/article/5926 Old Boys' Annual Cricket Fixture], Otago Boys' High School, 21 March 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2023. A right-handed batsman who occasionally bowled off breaks, he played more than 160 top-level matches, almost all of them for Otago.

After playing age-group cricket for Otago in 1991–92, Lawson made his senior representative debut in a Plunket Shield match against Central Districts at Masterton in December 1992. He played for the New Zealand national under-19 cricket team in early 1993, for a New Zealand Emerging Players side during the following season and went on to play for the New Zealand Academy and for New Zealand A but was never capped internationally. He captained Otago and scored over 5,500 top-class runs during his career. He later served in the board of the Otago Cricket Association for nine years and was made a life member of the association in 2023.[https://www.otagocricket.co.nz/newsarticle/134333?newsfeedId=1099515 Two life memebrships awarded at 147th Otago Cricket Annual general Meeting], Otago Cricket Association, 26 October 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.