{{short description|English-born Scottish cricketer}} {{about||the historian|Richard Rodger (academic)|the composer|Richard Rodgers}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Richard Rodger | image = | fullname = Richard Gordon Rodger | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|10|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = Norwich, Norfolk, England | heightft = 6 | heightinch = 5 | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox | role = | family =
| club1 = Cheshire | year1 = 1972–1982
| columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 1 | runs1 = 2 | bat avg1 = 1.00 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 2 | deliveries1 = 90 | wickets1 = 0 | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 0/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 1 | runs2 = 16 | bat avg2 = 16.00 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 16 | deliveries2 = 42 | wickets2 = 0 | bowl avg2 = – | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = – | catches/stumpings2 = 0/– | date = 7 April | year = 2011 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/25335.html Cricinfo }}
'''Richard Gordon Rodger''' (born 1 October 1947) is an English born former Scottish cricketer. Rodger was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Norwich, Norfolk.
Rodger made his debut for Cheshire in the 1972 Minor Counties Championship against the Somerset Second XI. He played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1972 to 1982, including 56 Minor Counties Championship matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27135/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Richard Rodger|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 April 2011}}</ref> In 1982, he made his only List A appearance for Cheshire against Middlesex in the NatWest Trophy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27135/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Richard Rodger|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 April 2011}}</ref> In this match he scored 16 runs before being dismissed by Simon Hughes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/42/42546.html|title=Middlesex v Cheshire, 1982 NatWest Trophy|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 April 2011}}</ref>
Rodger also represented Scotland in a single first-class match against Ireland in 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27135/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Richard Rodger|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 April 2011}}</ref> In Scotland's first-innings he scored 2 runs before being dismissed by Roy Torrens and in their second-innings he was dismissed by Dermott Monteith for a duck. With the ball he bowled 15 wicket-less overs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35478.html|title=Ireland v Scotland, 1975|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 April 2011}}</ref> He played Second XI cricket for the Warwickshire Second XI in 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27135/all_teams.html|title=Teams Richard Rodger played for|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 April 2011}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/25335.html Richard Rodger] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27135/27135.html Richard Rodger] at CricketArchive
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