Roger Clitheroe

{{Short description|English cricketer (born 1966)}}

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{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

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| country = England

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| fullname = Roger Ian Clitheroe

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|11|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Radcliffe, Lancashire, England

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| batting = Right-handed

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| role = wicket-keeper batsman

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| club1 = Wales Minor Counties

| year1 = 1996–2002

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| club2 = Cambridge University

| year2 = 1987–1991

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| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 13

| runs1 = 291

| bat avg1 = 15.31

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| top score1 = 36

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| catches/stumpings1 = 8/2

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 3

| runs2 = 37

| bat avg2 = 12.33

| 100s/50s2 = –/–

| top score2 = 23

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| catches/stumpings2 = 1/1

| date = 13 May

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10752.html Cricinfo

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Roger Ian Clitheroe (born 18 November 1966) is a former English cricketer. Clitheroe was a right-handed batsman who fielded occasionally as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Radcliffe, Lancashire.

Clitheroe made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Northamptonshire in 1987. He played 12 further first-class matches for Cambridge University, the last coming against Oxford University in 1991.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7336/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Roger Clitheroe|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 May 2011}} In his 13 first-class matches for the University, he scored 291 runs at a batting average of 15.31, with a high score of 36. Behind the stumps he took 8 catches and 2 stumpings.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7336/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Roger Clitheroe|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 May 2011}}

He later made his debut for Wales Minor Counties in the 1996 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. He played Minor counties cricket for Wales Minor Counties from 1996 to 2002, which included 31 Minor Counties Championship matches{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7336/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Roger Clitheroe|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 May 2011}} and 12 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7336/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Roger Clitheroe|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 May 2011}} In 1998, he made his List A debut for Wales Minor Counties against Nottinghamshire in the NatWest Trophy. He made 2 further List A appearances for the county, against Norfolk and Leicestershire in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7336/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Roger Clitheroe|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 May 2011}} In his 3 List A matches, he scored 37 runs at a batting average of 12.33, with a high score of 23. Behind the stumps he took a single catch and made a single stumping.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7336/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Roger Clitheroe|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 May 2011}}