Robbie Lawson
Full nameRobert Arthur Lawson
Birth date14 September 1974 (age 51)
Birth placeDunedin, Otago, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatsman
Club 1Otago
Year 11992/93–2003/04
Type 1FC
Debutdate 13 December
Debutyear 11992
Debutfor 1Otago
Debutagainst 1Central Districts
Lastdate 17 March
Lastyear 12004
Lastfor 1Otago
Lastagainst 1Sri Lanka A
Type 2LA
Debutdate 23 January
Debutyear 21993
Debutfor 2Otago
Debutagainst 2Wellington
Lastdate 230 January
Lastyear 22004
Lastfor 2Otago
Lastagainst 2Wellington
Columns2
Column 1First-class
Matches 173
Runs 13,278
Bat avg 125.81
100s/50s 13/16
Top score 1200
Deliveries 147
Wickets 12
Bowl avg 19.00
Fivefor 10
Tenfor 10
Best bowling 11/0
Catches/stumpings 128/–
Column 2List A
Matches 293
Runs 22,291
Bat avg 227.60
100s/50s 20/16
Top score 283*
Deliveries 239
Wickets 20
Bowl avg 2
Fivefor 2
Tenfor 2
Best bowling 2
Catches/stumpings 226/–
Sourcehttps://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/robbie-lawson-37604 CricInfo
Date10 November
Year2023

Robert Arthur Lawson (born 14 September 1974) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played for Otago between the 1992–93 and 2003–04 seasons.[1]

Lawson was born at Dunedin in Otago in 1974[2] and was educated at Otago Boys' High School in the city.[3][4] A right-handed batsman who occasionally bowled off breaks, he played more than 160 top-level matches, almost all of them for Otago.[1]

After playing age-group cricket for Otago in 1991–92, Lawson made his senior representative debut in a Plunket Shield match against Central Districts at Masterton in December 1992. He played for the New Zealand national under-19 cricket team in early 1993, for a New Zealand Emerging Players side during the following season and went on to play for the New Zealand Academy and for New Zealand A but was never capped internationally.[1] He captained Otago and scored over 5,500 top-class runs during his career.[1][4] He later served in the board of the Otago Cricket Association for nine years and was made a life member of the association in 2023.[5]

References

  1. ^ Robbie Lawson, CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 April 2016. (subscription required)
  2. ^ Robbie Lawson, CricInfo. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  3. ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 79. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
  4. ^ Pratley G (2018) Old Boys' Annual Cricket Fixture, Otago Boys' High School, 21 March 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  5. ^ Two life memebrships awarded at 147th Otago Cricket Annual general Meeting, Otago Cricket Association, 26 October 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.