Nicholas Peter Gilbert Ross (born 2 October 1947) is a Scottish former first-class cricketer.[1]
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| Full name | Nicholas Peter Gilbert Ross | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 October 1947 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg break googly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1970 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979 | Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 20 July 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ross was born at Edinburgh . He was educated at Marlborough College, before going up to Selwyn College, Cambridge.[2] While studying at Cambridge, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Essex at Fenner's in 1969. He played seven further first-class matches for Cambridge, the last coming in 1970.[3] In his eight first-class matches for Cambridge, he scored 224 runs at an average of 28.00 and a high score of 68.[4] With his leg break googly bowling, he took 9 wickets with best figures of 2 for 22.[5] In addition to playing first-class cricket, he also played minor counties cricket for Cambridgeshire in 1979, making three appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Nicholas Ross Profile - Cricket Player England | Stats, Records, Video". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ The Cambridge University List of Members. Cambridge University Press. 1991. p. 1165.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Nicholas Ross". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Nicholas Ross". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Nicholas Ross". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Nicholas Ross". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 July 2019.