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| Full name | Robert John Hadley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 October 1951 Neath, Neath Port Talbot, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971 | Glamorgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1973 | Cambridge University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,10 June 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert John Hadley (born 22 October 1951) is a former Welsh cricketer. Hadley was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium. He was born at Neath,Glamorgan.
While studying at St John's College,Cambridge, [1] Hadley made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Warwickshire at Fenner's in 1971. He made six further first-class appearances in that season for the university. [2] In that same season he also made two first-class appearances for Glamorgan,against Leicestershire and Somerset in the County Championship. [2] Against Leicestershire he took his maiden five wicket haul,with figures of 5/32 during Leicestershire's first-innings. [3] These were to be his only first-class appearances for Glamorgan. He continued to play first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1972 and 1973,making seventeen further first-class appearances,the last of which came against Oxford University in The University Match at Lord's. [2] In total he made 24 first-class appearances for the university,taking 47 wickets at an average of 30.17,with best figures of 5/31. [4] These figures were one of two five wicket hauls he took for the university and came against Sussex in 1972. [5] He also made two first-class appearances for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team,against the touring Australians in 1972 and the touring New Zealanders in 1973. [2]
Hadley also appeared in three List A matches for Cambridge University in the 1972 Benson &Hedges Cup,playing against Warwickshire,Worcestershire,and Northamptonshire in the group stages of the competition. [6] He had little success in these matches,taking just a single wicket. [7]
He became a doctor. [8]