# Patrick Oakden
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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Patrick Oakden
| image = Patrick Oakden.jpg
| fullname = Robert Patrick Oakden
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|5|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Kirkby-in-Ashfield](/source/Kirkby-in-Ashfield), [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire), England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|7|20|1938|5|9|df=yes}}
| death_place = Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| heightm =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [fast-medium](/source/Fast_bowling)
| role = [Bowler](/source/Bowling_(cricket))
| club1 = [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club)
| year1 = {{nowrap|1960–1961}}
| columns = 1
| column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
| matches1 = 8
| runs1 = 68
| bat avg1 = 9.71
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 24
| deliveries1 = 1,241
| wickets1 = 17
| bowl avg1 = 42.82
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 4/78
| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18290.html ESPNcricinfo
| date = 10 March
| year = 2017
}}
'''Robert Patrick Oakden''' (9 May 1938 – 20 July 2011) was an English [cricket](/source/cricket)er. Oakden was a right-handed [batsman](/source/batsman_(cricket)) who bowled right-arm [fast-medium](/source/Fast_bowling). He was born at [Kirkby-in-Ashfield](/source/Kirkby-in-Ashfield), [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire), and was educated at [Newark
Magnus Grammar School](/source/Magnus_Church_of_England_School).[{{cite web|url=http://www.nottsccc.co.uk/yearbook/2012/files/assets/basic-html/page172.html|title=Obituaries – Nottinghamshire Cricket Annual 2012|work=[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club](/source/Nottinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club)|publisher=nottsccc.co.uk|page=172|accessdate=19 May 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230836/http://www.nottsccc.co.uk/yearbook/2012/files/assets/basic-html/page172.html|archivedate=3 March 2016}}]
Oakden made his [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) debut for [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club) against [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1960 County Championship](/source/1960_County_Championship). He made seven further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1961 County Championship](/source/1961_County_Championship).[{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31771/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Patrick Oakden|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 May 2012}}] In his eight first-class appearances for the county, he took 17 wickets at an [average](/source/bowling_average) of 42.82, with best figures of 4/78.[{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31771/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Patrick Oakden|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 May 2012}}] With the bat, he scored 68 runs at a [batting average](/source/batting_average_(cricket)) of 9.71, with a high score of 24.[{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31771/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Patrick Oakden|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 May 2012}}]
Outside of cricket, Oakden completed his [National Service](/source/Conscription_in_the_United_Kingdom) in the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy), during which he had served aboard {{HMS|Bulwark|R08|6}}.