{{Short description|Australian cricketer (born 1947)}} {{distinguish|Bob Paulson (disambiguation){{!}}Bob Paulson}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Bob Paulsen | image = Bob Paulsen 1971.jpg | caption = Paulsen in 1971 | country = Australia | fullname = Robert George Paulsen | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1947|10|18}} | birth_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | death_date = | death_place = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm leg-breaks and googlies | club1 = Queensland | year1 = 1966–67 to 1971–72 | club2 = Western Australia | year2 = 1973–74 to 1978–79 | columns = 2 | column1 = FC | matches1 = 75 | runs1 = 1053 | bat avg1 = 13.16 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 46 | deliveries1 = 12,991 | wickets1 = 197 | bowl avg1 = 36.01 | fivefor1 = 7 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 8/71 | catches/stumpings1= 46/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 2 | runs2 = 12 | bat avg2 = 12.00 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 12 | deliveries2 = 112 | wickets2 = 2 | bowl avg2 = 40.00 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 1/39 | catches/stumpings2= 2/– | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11199/11199.html Cricket Archive | date = 1 November | year = 2015 |role=Bowler}} '''Robert George Paulsen''' (born 18 October 1947) is a former Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1966 to 1978.
==First-class career== Paulsen was educated at Anglican Church Grammar School in East Brisbane.<ref>{{cite news| work=Courier-Mail | first=Bernie |last=Pramberg |accessdate=1 November 2015| title=For the love of the game|url= http://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/for-the-love-of-the-game/story-fn6ck6i3-1226281044153 |date=25 February 2012}}</ref> A leg-spinner, he made his first-class debut for Queensland in 1966–67 at the age of 19 and took 31 wickets at an average of 31.61,<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11199/f_Bowling_by_Season.html| title = Perth Cricket Club| publisher = Perth Cricket Club| accessdate = 1 November 2015}}</ref> including 7 for 73 in the second innings against South Australia in Brisbane.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/28/28587.html| title = Queensland v South Australia 1966–67 | publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 11 November 2015}}</ref>
Paulsen was considered a contender for the 1968 tour of England, but his form in the 1967–68 season was not quite sufficient to justify his selection.<ref>Murray F. Tippett, "Contenders for the Australian Team to tour England", ''Playfair Cricket Monthly'', March 1968, pp. 16–17.</ref> He took 22 wickets at 39.40.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11199/f_Bowling_by_Season.html| title = Bowling in each season by Bob Paulsen | publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 11 November 2015}}</ref> He took 25 wickets in 1968–69, and 24 in 1969–70, but after that his form declined, and he lost his place in the Queensland team to Malcolm Francke.
Paulsen moved to Perth, and represented Western Australia regularly for three seasons. Against MCC in 1974–75 he took 7 for 41 to dismiss MCC for 177 after they had been set 298 to win in just over four hours.<ref>''Wisden'' 1976, p. 937.</ref> He had similar success the next season against the West Indians, taking his best figures of 8 for 71 as the West Indians chased 333 in 220 minutes and were dismissed for 217.<ref>''Wisden'' 1977, p. 886.</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35752.html | title = Western Australia v West Indians 1975–76 | publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 11 November 2015}}</ref> With this form, Paulsen was considered a possible inclusion in the Australian side to play New Zealand and Pakistan in the 1976/77 Australian season.<ref name=CricketScene>Nicholson, R. (1976) ''Cricket Scene'', Craftsman Press, Sydney, p. 13.</ref> He was less successful in the Sheffield Shield, however, and after a few more matches in 1976–77 and 1977–78 he lost his place in the side.
==Later career== Playing for Perth, Paulsen was the leading bowler in Western Australian Grade Cricket in 1978–79 with 59 wickets, and again in 1981–82 with 70 wickets.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.perthcricket.org/content.aspx?file=532%7C34650g| title = Perth Cricket Club| publisher = Perth Cricket Club| accessdate = 1 November 2015}}</ref> Perth won the Toyota Cup 50-over competition in 1979-80, largely due to Paulsen's spell in the final played at the WACA Ground. He was named a member of the Team of the Century at the club's 150th celebration in 2012.
Paulsen later served as one of the Directors of Cricket Australia, representing Western Australia,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/86025.html | title = Details of process involved in the selection of the Australian captain | publisher = Cricinfo| accessdate = 1 November 2015}}</ref> and managed the Australian under-19 team in 2001.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/105086.html | title =Australian under-19 squad selected | publisher = Cricinfo | accessdate = 1 November 2015}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11199/11199.html Bob Paulsen] at CricketArchive * [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/7163.html Bob Paulsen] at Cricinfo
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