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| Full name | Robert Neal Abberley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 April 1944 Stechford, Birmingham, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 August 2011 (aged 67) Solihull, Warwickshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1964–1979 | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 13 May 1964 Warwickshire v Cambridge University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 22 June 1979 Warwickshire v Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 9 August 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Neal Abberley (22 April 1944 – 8 August 2011) was an English first-class cricketer. A stalwart county player,[1] he was a right-handed batsman and occasional right arm medium pace bowler.
He was born in Stechford, Birmingham and educated at Saltley Grammar School. He played for his native Warwickshire from 1964 to 1979.
He had a modest batting record (he averaged under 25 as a specialist batsman), and played over 250 times for the "Bears". He made 3 first-class hundreds, with a best of 117 not out against Essex and scored his only one day hundred, 113 not out, against Hampshire.
He moved into coaching in 1980 after retiring from the game, initially as Warwickshire's Second XI coach and later with a 'roving brief' at all levels in the club.[2] He was particularly involved in the development of Ian Bell and the England team wore black armbands in his honour during the Test against India at Edgbaston in the days following his death.
- ^ Independent obituary
- ^ "The Cricketer.com - Home of TheCricketer Magazine". Blog.thecricketer.com. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.