{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | fullname = Robert Leslie Short | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|9|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England | death_date = | death_place = | nickname = | family = David Short (brother) | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = | club1 = Cambridge University | year1 = 1969–1970 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 11 | runs1 = 355 | bat avg1 = 18.68 | 100s/50s1 = –/1 | top score1 = 58 | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = 4/– | date = 10 January | year = 2022 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20745.html Cricinfo }}
'''Robert 'Bob' Leslie Short''' (born 12 September 1948) is an English former first-class cricketer.
Short was born at Chesterfield in September 1948. He was educated at Denstone College, before going up to Emmanuel College, Cambridge.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Cambridge University List of Members for the Year 1991 |date=1991 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=1232 |isbn=9780521434683 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=05AcAQAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1969 and 1970, making eleven appearances against.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32747/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Bob Short|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-01-10|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Playing as a batsman in the Cambridge side, Short scored 355 runs at an average of 18.68; he recorded one half century, a score of 58, which was his only score above fifty.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32747/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Bob Short|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-01-10|url-access=subscription}}</ref> His brother, David, played first-class cricket at county level.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Short, Bob}} Category:1948 births Category:Living people Category:Cricketers from Chesterfield, Derbyshire Category:People educated at Denstone College Category:Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Category:Cambridge University cricketers