Peter Michael Roebuck (6 March 1956 – 12 November 2011) was A consistent county performer with over 25,000 runs, and captained Somerset between 1986 and 1988. During 1989, Roebuck also captained an England XI one-day cricket team in two matches.
Peter Roebuck was a right-handed batsman, often used as an opener, and occasionally bowled right-arm offspin. He played for Somerset’s second eleven at the age of 13 and regular first-class cricket from 1974 until his retirement in 1991. He later played Minor Counties cricket for Devon.
In 335 first-class matches he scored 17,558 runs at an average of 37.27, making 33 centuries with a highest score of 221*, and took 72 wickets at 49.16. In 298 one-day matches, he scored 7244 runs at 29.81 while taking 51 wickets at 25.09.
He became a controversial figure in 1986 when, at the end of his first season as captain of Somerset, he was instrumental in the county’s decision not to renew the contracts of its two overseas players, Viv Richards and Joel Garner, which also resulted in the departure of Ian Botham.
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