Robert Turner (cricketer, born 1967)
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| Full name | Robert Julian Turner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 November 1967 Malvern, Worcestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1991 | Cambridge University (squad no. 5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–2005 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 20 February 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Julian Turner (born 25 November 1967) is an English former first-class cricketer. A right-handed wicketkeeper batsman, Turner started his career in 1988 with Cambridge University, whom he captained.[1] He began playing for Somerset County Cricket Club in 1991 and was their first-choice wicket-keeper until his retirement in 2005. He took 753 first-class dismissals in his 250-game career. Turner scored over 1,000 runs in both 1997 and 1999.[2]
Born at Malvern in 1967, Turner was educated at Millfield School before going up the Magdalene College, Cambridge.[3] During his career at Somerset he was not a full-time cricketer, but worked as a stockbroker for Rowan Dartington & Co Ltd. He joined the firm full-time following his retirement from cricket. He has also taught mathematics at Richard Huish College.[citation needed]
His older brother, Simon, played for Somerset in 1984 and 1985.
References
[edit]- ^ "Captains of CUCC". Cambridge University Cricket Club.
- ^ Robert Turner, Cricinfo. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
- ^ Rob Turner, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-01-27. (subscription required)
- 1967 births
- Living people
- English cricketers
- Cambridge University cricketers
- Cambridgeshire cricketers
- Somerset cricketers
- Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricketers
- People educated at Millfield
- People from Malvern, Worcestershire
- Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge
- Schoolteachers from Worcestershire
- British Universities cricketers
- Wicket-keepers
- Cricketers from Worcestershire
- 20th-century English sportsmen