Paul William Romaines (born 25 December 1955) is a former English first-class cricketer who is now a teacher.
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| Full name | Paul William Romaines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 December 1955 Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975 to 1976 | Northamptonshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977 to 1981 | Durham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982 to 1991 | Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984-85 | Griqualand West | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 June 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, on Christmas Day 1955, Romaines played six first-class matches for Northamptonshire in 1975 and 1976 before returning to his native Durham for five seasons of Minor Counties cricket. An opening or middle-order batsman and occasional off-spinner, he then played ten seasons with Gloucestershire from 1982 to 1991, in which he played 161 first-class matches, and one season (1984–85) in South Africa for Griqualand West.
His 8120 first-class runs at an average of 28.39 included 13 hundreds. His best season was 1984 when he scored 1844 runs for Gloucestershire at 35.46.[1] His highest score was his first century, 186 for Gloucestershire against Warwickshire in 1982.[2]
Romaines is now head of PSHE, Cricket and Assistant House Master in North Town at Clifton College in Bristol.[3]
References
edit- ^ "First-class batting and fielding in each season by Paul Romaines". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ "Warwickshire v Gloucestershire 1982". Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ Fissler, Neil (24 November 2015). "Where are they now? Durham – Minor Counties champions 1980". The Cricket Paper. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
External links
edit- Paul Romaines at ESPNcricinfo
- Paul Romaines at CricketArchive