Robert Packe

{{short description|English cricketer}} {{distinguish|Robert Pack (disambiguation){{!}}Robert Pack}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} '''Robert Julian Packe''' (8 July 1913 – 24 October 1935) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Leicestershire in 1933.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31837/31837.html| title = Player Profile: Robert Packe| publisher = CricketArchive | accessdate = 16 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="ci">{{cite web | url = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18712.html | title = Robert Packe| publisher = ESPNcricinfo| accessdate = 16 April 2018}}</ref> He was born in Hounslow and died in Ahmednagar, India.

He appeared in three first-class matches as a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox spin. He scored 25 runs with a highest score of 12 and took one wicket with a best performance of one for 31.

Packe's two brothers, Charles and Michael, also played first-class cricket for Leicestershire and both captained the side. Packe was a second lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers and died after contracting dysentery on service in India.<ref>{{cite news| title = Deaths | newspaper = The Times|issue = 47206 | page = 1 | location = London | date = 28 October 1935}}</ref>

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