Robert Macdonald (South African cricketer)

Robert Macdonald
Personal information
Full name
Robert Hepburn Macdonald
Born (1965-07-18) 18 July 1965 (age 59)
Cape Town, Cape Province,
South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1991–1993Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 20 5
Runs scored 76 18
Batting average 9.60 18.00
100s/50s –/– –/–
Top score 20 12*
Balls bowled 2,920 264
Wickets 35 9
Bowling average 38.71 26.22
5 wickets in innings 1 1
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling 5/20 6/36
Catches/stumpings –/– –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 September 2019

Robert Hepburn Macdonald (born 18 July 1965) is a South African former cricketer.

Macdonald was born in Cape Town on the 18th of July 1965. He studied in England at Durham University, before undertaking his post-graduate studies at Keble College, Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Hampshire at Oxford in 1991. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1993, making a total of nineteen first-class appearances.[2] Playing as a right-arm medium-fast bowler, he took 31 wickets at an average of 38.93, with best figures of 5 for 20.[3] These figures, which was his only first-class five wicket haul, came against Middlesex in 1993.[4] He also made a single first-class appearance for the Combined Universities cricket team against the touring Australians.[2] In addition to playing first-class cricket while at Oxford, he also made three List A one-day appearances for the Combined Universities, making four appearances in the 1991 Benson & Hedges Cup and a single appearance in the 1993 Benson & Hedges Cup.[5] taking 9 wickets at an average of 26.22.[6] His best figures of 6 for 36 came against Gloucestershire on his List A debut.[7] He took no more than a single wicket in his other five List A matches.[8]

  1. ^ "Player profile: Robert Macdonald". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Robert MacDonald". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  3. ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Robert MacDonald". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Oxford University v Middlesex, 1993". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  5. ^ "List A Matches played by Robert MacDonald". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  6. ^ "List A Bowling For Each Team by Robert MacDonald". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Gloucestershire v Combined Universities, Benson and Hedges Cup 1991 (Group A)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  8. ^ "List A Bowling Against Each Opponent by Robert Macdonald". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 September 2019.