Robert Christopher Travers (born 18 March 1982) is an English cricketer who made a single List A appearance for Somerset Cricket Board in 2001. He has played for Glastonbury Cricket Club, captaining the side at times. He is a right-arm off break bowler, and lower-order right-handed batsman.
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| Full name | Robert Christopher Travers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 March 1982 Taunton, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Somerset Cricket Board | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Wiltshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Only LA | 13 September 2001 Somerset Cricket Board v Norfolk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cricket career
editCounty level
editIn his only major appearance, a List A match for Somerset Cricket Board in the second round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Travers claimed two wickets off his seven overs. He wasn't required to bat as the Somerset side lost due to having a slower run rate in a match abandoned due to rain.[1] He made two other appearances for Somerset Cricket Board, in the 2000 and 2002 ECB 38-County Cup competitions. In 2000, against Gloucestershire Cricket Board, he bowled four wicket-less overs, conceding 23 runs,[2] and in 2002 against Wiltshire, he bowled two wicket-less overs conceding 10 runs.[3]
Travers represented Wiltshire for five Minor Counties Championship and four Minor Counties Trophy matches in 2008. On his debut for the county against Cornwall he claimed 1/22 off five overs in a Trophy match.[4] He claimed one further wicket in his next three Trophy matches. He went wicket-less in his first Championship match, but claimed two wickets in the first-innings of his next match, albeit conceding 111 runs off his 24 overs. He was used heavily again in the second-innings, bowling 40 of the 98 overs, finishing with figures of 1/143.[5] He best return was in his fourth match, against Dorset, when took three wickets for 45 runs in his 13 overs.[6]
Club level
editTravers first played for Street Cricket Club before moving to local rivals Glastonbury Cricket Club, first appearing for them in 2001. He claimed his first five-wicket haul in the West of England Premier League (WEPL) in 2006, in a match against Keynsham, returning figures of 5/28 off 16 overs.[7] He achieved the feat again the following season against Frocester, although his bowling proved more expensive on this occasion, as he conceded 68 runs while taking five wickets.[8] After captaining the side for three matches at the end of 2008, Travers took over the first-team captaincy permanently from the start of the 2009 season. He achieved his best bowling figures in the WEPL during his first year of captaincy, when he claimed 6/66 against Weston-super-Mare.[9] Later in the same season, he claimed 5/9 in seven overs as Glastonbury beat Downend by 171 runs.[10]
In 2018, Travers joined Shapwick & Polden CC after a five-year break from the game, playing his first match for their 2nd XI against his former club Street CC.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Norfolk v Somerset Cricket Board". CricketArchive. 13 September 2001. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ "Gloucestershire Cricket Board v Somerset Cricket Board". CricketArchive. 2 July 2000. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ "Wiltshire v Somerset Cricket Board". CricketArchive. 5 May 2002. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ "Wiltshire v Cornwall". CricketArchive. 27 April 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ "Oxfordshire v Wiltshire". CricketArchive. 22 June 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ "Wiltshire v Dorset". CricketArchive. 20 July 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ "Glastonbury v Keynsham". CricketArchive. 24 June 2006. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ "Frocester v Glastonbury". CricketArchive. 12 May 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ "Glastonbury v Weston-super-Mare". CricketArchive. 20 June 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ "Glastonbury v Downend". CricketArchive. 15 August 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ "Shapwick & Polden CC". sandpcc.play-cricket.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.