Robert Fleming (cricketer)

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Robert Fleming
Personal information
Full nameRobert Christopher John Fleming
Born (1953-07-20) 20 July 1953 (age 68)
Woking, Surrey, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1974Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 9 2
Runs scored 60 2
Batting average 7.50 –
100s/50s –/– –/–
Top score 13* 2*
Balls bowled 774 132
Wickets 7 1
Bowling average 74.57 110.00
5 wickets in innings – –
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling 3/91 1/39
Catches/stumpings 5/– –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 15 January 2022

Robert Christopher John Fleming (born 20 July 1953) is an English former first-class cricketer.

Fleming was born at Woking in July 1953 and later studied at Jesus College, Cambridge.[1] While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1974, making nine appearances.[2] Playing as an off break bowler in the Cambridge side, he took 7 wickets at an average of 74.57, with best figures of 3 for 91.[3] As a tailend batsman, he scored 60 runs with a highest score of 13 not out.[4] He also made two appearances in List A one-day cricket for Cambridge in the 1974 Benson & Hedges Cup against Surrey at The Oval and Sussex at Hove.[5] He took one wicket in these matches, that of Surrey's Mike Edwards.[6]

Fleming later ran his own business in the travel industry, specialising in Christian Mediterranean cruises. In April 2016, he was found guilty of fraud at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court, after defrauding customers out of £26,000 meant for a cruise he was to book for them, but instead invested the money into a Turkish hotel. He was handed an 18-month jail sentence, suspended for two years, and fined £15,000.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ The Cambridge University List of Members for the Year 1998. 1998. p. 261.
  2. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Robert Fleming". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  3. ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Robert Fleming". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  4. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by James Roundell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  5. ^ "List A Matches played by Robert Fleming". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Surrey v Cambridge University, Benson and Hedges Cup 1974 (South Group)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  7. ^ "New Malden travel operator Robert Fleming given suspended sentence and fined after being found guilty of fraud". Surrey Comet. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

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