Robert Entwistle
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| Full name | Robert Entwistle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
20 October 1941 Burnley, Lancashire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1976 | Minor Counties | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1984 | Cumberland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962–1966 | Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 23 September 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Entwistle (born 20 October 1941) is a former English cricketer. Entwistle was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Burnley, Lancashire.[1]
Entwistle made his first-class debut for Lancashire against Gloucestershire in the 1962 County Championship. He made 47 further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Yorkshire in the 1966 County Championship.[2] In these matches, he scored a total of 1,554 runs at an average of 20.72, with a high score of 85.[3] This score came against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1964,[4] was one of fourteen fiftes he made, though he was not able to convert any of them to a century. His List A debut came against Leicestershire in the Preliminary round of the 1963 Gillette Cup, which was the first ever List A match to be played. He made eight further List A appearances for Lancashire, the last of which came against Middlesex in the 1966 Gillette Cup.[5] In his nine List A matches for the county, he scored 150 runs at an average of 25.00, with a high score of 48.[6] He left Lancashire at the end of the 1966 season.
In 1967, Entwistle joined Cumberland, making his debut for the county in the Minor Counties Championship against Durham. He played Minor counties cricket for Cumberland from 1967 to 1984, making 91 Minor Counties Championship[7] and two MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances.[8] During this time he also made a single first-class appearance for the Minor Counties against the touring West Indians in 1976,[2] scoring 8 runs in the Minor Counties first-innings before being dismissed by John Holder, while in their second-innings he scored exactly 50 runs before being dismissed by Albert Padmore.[9] He also made a single List A appearance for Cumberland, which came in the 1984 NatWest Trophy against Derbyshire.[5] In a match which Cumberland lost by 9 wickets, Entwistle was dismissed for a duck by Roger Finney.[10]
References
- ↑ "Player profile: Robert Entwistle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "First-Class Matches played by Bob Entwistle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Bob Entwistle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ↑ "Lancashire v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1964". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "List A Matches played by Bob Entwistle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ↑ "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Bob Entwistle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ↑ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Bob Entwistle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ↑ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Bob Entwistle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ↑ "Minor Counties v West Indians, 1976". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ↑ "Cumberland v Derbyshire, 1984 NatWest Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 September 2011.