Roland Paver
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| Full name | Roland George Lyall Paver | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 April 1950 Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972–1974 | Oxford University | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 24 April 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Roland George Lyall Paver (born 4 April 1950) is a South African former first-class cricketer.
Paver was born at Johannesburg. He was educated in the city at The Ridge School, before going up as a Rhodes Scholar to Pembroke College at the University of Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against Essex at Oxford in 1972. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1972, making sixteen appearances, two of which included playing in The University Matches against Cambridge in 1973 and 1974.[2] Playing as a wicket-keeper, he scored 290 runs at an average of 12.08 and a high score of 34, while behind the stumps he took 33 catches and made five stumpings.[3] In addition to playing first-class cricket for the university, Paver also appeared in four List A one-day matches for Oxford in the 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup.[4] Paver later emigrated to Australia, where he lives in Albany, Western Australia.
References[edit]
- ^ "Player profile: Roland Paver". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Roland Paver". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Roland Paver". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ "List A Matches played by Roland Paver". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 April 2020.