Robert Vance (cricketer)

{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}}

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

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

{{confused|text=his father Bob Vance (cricketer)}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Bert Vance

| image =

| country = New Zealand

| fullname = Robert Howard Vance

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|3|31|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Wellington, New Zealand

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right arm off break

| role = Wicket-keeper

| family = Bob Vance (father)

| international = true

| internationalspan = 1988–1989

| testdebutdate = 30 March

| testdebutyear = 1988

| testdebutagainst = England

| testcap = 166

| lasttestdate = 24 November

| lasttestyear = 1989

| lasttestagainst = Australia

| odidebutdate = 16 March

| odidebutyear = 1988

| odidebutagainst = England

| odicap = 63

| lastodidate = 8 March

| lastodiyear = 1989

| lastodiagainst = Pakistan

| columns = 4

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 4

| runs1 = 207

| bat avg1 = 29.57

| 100s/50s1 = 0/1

| top score1 = 68

| deliveries1 = –

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 0/–

| column2 = ODI

| matches2 = 8

| runs2 = 248

| bat avg2 = 31.00

| 100s/50s2 = 0/1

| top score2 = 96

| deliveries2 = –

| wickets2 = –

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2 = 4/–

| column3 = FC

| matches3 = 135

| runs3 = 6,955

| bat avg3 = 32.80

| 100s/50s3 = 12/36

| top score3 = 254*

| deliveries3 = 266[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1882/1882.html Robert Vance], CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 April 2022.

| wickets3 = 4

| bowl avg3 = 58.00

| fivefor3 = 0

| tenfor3 = 0

| best bowling3 = 2/18

| catches/stumpings3 = 150/4

| column4 = LA

| matches4 = 78

| runs4 = 1,607

| bat avg4 = 22.31

| 100s/50s4 = 1/11

| top score4 = 106

| deliveries4 = –

| wickets4 = –

| bowl avg4 = –

| fivefor4 = –

| tenfor4 = –

| best bowling4 = –

| catches/stumpings4 = 33/1

| date = 4 May

| year = 2017

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/38707.html Cricinfo

}}

Robert Howard Vance (born 31 March 1955) is a former New Zealand cricketer. He played in four Test matches and eight One Day Internationals for New Zealand.

Vance was born into a cricketing family; his father, Bob Vance, was for many years a part of the Wellington team and a long-term chairman of NZ Cricket.