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]

Robbie Lawson
Personal information
Full name
Robert Arthur Lawson
Born (1974-09-14) 14 September 1974 (age 50)
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1992/93–2003/04Otago
FC debut3 December 1992 Otago v Central Districts
Last FC7 March 2004 Otago v Sri Lanka A
LA debut3 January 1993 Otago v Wellington
Last LA30 January 2004 Otago v Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 73 93
Runs scored 3,278 2,291
Batting average 25.81 27.60
100s/50s 3/16 0/16
Top score 200 83*
Balls bowled 47 39
Wickets 2 0
Bowling average 9.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/0
Catches/stumpings 28/– 26/–
Source: CricInfo, 10 November 2023

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

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  1. ^ a b c d 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. ^ a b 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.
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