Robert Long (New Zealand cricketer)

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{{Use New Zealand English|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Robert Long

| image =

| country = New Zealand

| fullname = Robert Inder Long

| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|4|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ranfurly, New Zealand

| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|2|11|1932|4|13|df=yes}}

| death_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role =

| club1 = Otago

| year1 = {{nowrap|1953/54–1965/66}}

| club2 = Central Otago

| year2 = 1960/61–1963/64

| date = 15 May

| year = 2016

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37670.html ESPNcricinfo

}}

Robert Long (13 April 1932 – 11 February 2010) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 15 first-class matches for Otago between the 1953–54 season and 1963–64.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37670.html Robert Long], CricInfo. Retrieved 15 May 2016.

Long was born at Ranfurly in Central Otago in 1932 and was educated at Otago Boys' High School in Dunedin.McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 81. 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.) He played for Otago age-group sides as early as the 1949–50 season and made his representative debut in a February 1954 first-class match against the touring Fiji national cricket team at Carisbrook. He made his Plunket Shield debut in December 1960 and played in a total of 15 first-class matches for the provincial side, appearing in each season between 1960–61 and 1963–64. He scored a total of 567 runs and took seven first-class wickets.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22322/22322.html Bob Long], CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 November 2023. {{subscription required}}

As well as playing for Otago, Long played in the Hawke Cup for Central Otago. He worked as an accountant. He died at Auckland in 2010 at the age of 77.