Robert Entwistle

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Bob Entwistle
Personal information
Full name
Robert Entwistle
Born(1941-10-20)20 October 1941
Burnley, Lancashire, England
Died11 July 2019(2019-07-11) (aged 77)
Blackburn, Lancashire
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1976
Cumberland
1962–1966Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 49 10
Runs scored 1,612 150
Batting average 20.93 21.42
100s/50s –/14 –/–
Top score 85 48
Balls bowled – –
Wickets – –
Bowling average – –
5 wickets in innings – –
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling – –
Catches/stumpings 16/– 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 September 2011

Robert Entwistle (20 October 1941 – 11 July 2019) was an English

batsman. He was born in Burnley, Lancashire.[1]

Entwistle made his first-class debut for Lancashire against Gloucestershire in the 1962 County Championship. He made 47 further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Yorkshire in the 1966 County Championship.[2] In these matches he scored a total of 1,554 runs at an average of 20.72, with a highest score of 85 against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1964.[3][4]

His List A debut came against Leicestershire in the preliminary round of the 1963 Gillette Cup, which was the first ever List A match to be played. Opening the batting, he was the first person to be dismissed in List A cricket, hit wicket to Rodney Pratt for 18.[5] He made eight further List A appearances for Lancashire, the last of which came against Middlesex in the 1966 Gillette Cup.[6] In his nine List A matches for the county, he scored 150 runs at an average of 25.00, with a high score of 48.[7] He left Lancashire at the end of the 1966 season.

In 1967, Entwistle joined

John Holder, while in their second-innings he scored exactly 50 runs before being dismissed by Albert Padmore.[10] He also made a single List A appearance for Cumberland, which came in the 1984 NatWest Trophy against Derbyshire.[6] In a match which Cumberland lost by 9 wickets, Entwistle was dismissed for a duck by Roger Finney.[11]

He played as a professional for four

Northern Cricket League teams from 1967 to 1986: Netherfield, Fleetwood, Darwen and St Annes. He scored 15,674 runs in all at an average of 51.13.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Player profile: Robert Entwistle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  2. ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Bob Entwistle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  3. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Bob Entwistle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Lancashire v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1964". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Lancashire v Leicestershire 1963". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  6. ^ a b "List A Matches played by Bob Entwistle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  7. ^ "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Bob Entwistle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  8. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Bob Entwistle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  9. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Bob Entwistle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  10. ^ "Minor Counties v West Indians, 1976". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  11. ^ "Cumberland v Derbyshire, 1984 NatWest Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  12. ^ "Robert "Run Machine" Entwistle". Lowerhouse CC. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.

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