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| Full name | Peter Michael Roebuck | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 March 1956 Oddington, Oxfordshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 November 2011 (aged 55) Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Paul Roebuck (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974–1991 | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975–1977 | Cambridge University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–2002 | Devon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 21 August 1974 Somerset v Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 23 August 1991 Somerset v Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 3 May 1975 Combined Universities v Worcestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last List A | 13 September 2001 Devon v Bedfordshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Peter Michael Roebuck (6 March 1956 – 12 November 2011) was an English cricketer who later became an Australian newspaper columnist and radio commentator.
A consistent county performer with over 25,000 runs, and "one of the better English openers of the 1980s",[1] Roebuck captained the English county side Somerset between 1986 and 1988. During 1989, Roebuck also captained an England XI one-day cricket team in two matches.[2] His post-playing career as an erudite writer earned him great acclaim as a journalist with the Sunday Times and later as an author.[1]
Roebuck died by suicide in Cape Town, South Africa, on 12 November 2011 after being asked by police to answer questions about an allegation of sexual assault.[3] A book by Tim Lane and Elliot Cartledge titled Chasing Shadows – The Life and Death of Peter Roebuck was published in October 2015.[4]
- ^ a b Steen, Rob (15 November 2011). "A sharp mind, a tormented soul". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ "Netherlands v England XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- ^ Hannan, Liz; Jensen, Erik; Hennig, Wanda (15 November 2011). "Roebuck in a state of despair: 'He just had a brain snap – that is all I can assume'". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
On arrival, Maxwell found two policemen and Roebuck stunned by news that a 26-year-old Zimbabwean man had accused him of sexual assault.
- ^ Cartledge, Elliot; Lane, Tim (2015). Chasing Shadows: The Life and Death of Peter Roebuck. Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1743790120.