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Full name | Robert Geoffrey Anderson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Dunedin, New Zealand | 29 March 1939||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 3 May 2020 Christchurch, New Zealand | (aged 81)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1961/62–1964/65 | Otago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 19 January 2021 |
Robert Geoffrey Anderson (29 March 1939 – 3 May 2020) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 16 first-class matches for Otago between 1961 and 1965. [1] [2]
A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Anderson was a regular member of the Otago team for three seasons, usually opening the bowling with Frank Cameron. He took three wickets in an innings several times, with best figures of 3 for 29 in his last match, against Canterbury in 1964–65. [3]
He was also a useful tail-end batsman, who made his highest first-class score in 1961/62 when, batting at number 10, he top-scored for Otago with 48 against Central Districts in the 1961-62 Plunket Shield. [4]
Anderson was educated at Otago Boys' High School between 1953 and 1955 and was Otago snooker champion in 1961. [5] [6] He died at Christchurch Hospital on 3 May 2020. [7]