{{short description|English cricketer and teacher}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Use British English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Paul Romaines | country = England | fullname = Paul William Romaines | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|12|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm off-spin | role = | family = | club1 = Northamptonshire | year1 = 1975 to 1976 | club2 = Durham | year2 = 1977 to 1981 | club3 = Gloucestershire | year3 = 1982 to 1991 | club4 = Griqualand West | year4 = 1984-85 | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 173 | runs1 = 8120 | bat avg1 = 28.39 | 100s/50s1 = 13/41 | top score1 = 186 | deliveries1 = 257 | wickets1 = 4 | bowl avg1 = 61.75 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 3/42 | catches/stumpings1 = 68/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 158 | runs2 = 3651 | bat avg2 = 28.30 | 100s/50s2 = 2/20 | top score2 = 125 | deliveries2 = 0 | wickets2 = – | bowl avg2 = – | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = n/a | best bowling2 = – | catches/stumpings2 = 37/– | date = 19 June 2019 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/19523.html Cricinfo }} '''Paul William Romaines''' (born 25 December 1955) is a former English first-class cricketer who is now a teacher.
== Life and career == Born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, on Christmas Day 1955, Romaines played six first-class matches for Northamptonshire in 1975 and 1976 before returning to his native Durham for five seasons of Minor Counties cricket. An opening or middle-order batsman and occasional off-spinner, he then played ten seasons with Gloucestershire from 1982 to 1991, in which he played 161 first-class matches, and one season (1984–85) in South Africa for Griqualand West.
His 8120 first-class runs at an average of 28.39 included 13 hundreds. His best season was 1984 when he scored 1844 runs for Gloucestershire at 35.46.<ref>{{cite web |title=First-class batting and fielding in each season by Paul Romaines |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11156/f_Batting_by_Season.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=18 June 2019}}</ref> His highest score was his first century, 186 for Gloucestershire against Warwickshire in 1982.<ref>{{cite web |title=Warwickshire v Gloucestershire 1982 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1982/ENG_LOCAL/CC/WARWICKS_GLOUCS_CC_21-23JUL1982.html |website=Cricinfo |accessdate=18 June 2019}}</ref>
Romaines became head of PSHE, Cricket and Assistant House Master in North Town at Clifton College in Bristol.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fissler |first1=Neil |title=Where are they now? Durham – Minor Counties champions 1980 |url=https://thecricketpaper.com/features-and-columns/1104/where-are-they-now-durham-minor-counties-champions-1980/ |accessdate=18 June 2019 |work=The Cricket Paper |date=24 November 2015}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{cricinfo|id=19523}} *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11156/11156.html Paul Romaines] at CricketArchive
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