Robert Douglas McKelvie (1 July 1912 – 5 January 1996) was an English cricketer. Mckelvie was a right-handed batsman who occasionally fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Blofield, Norfolk and educated at Malvern College, where he represented the college cricket team.[1]
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| Full name | Robert Douglas McKelvie | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 December 1912 Blofield, Norfolk, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 January 1996 (aged 83) Banbury, Oxfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Occasional wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1948 | Free Foresters | ||||||||||||||
| 1947 | Buckinghamshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 11 May 2011 | |||||||||||||||
McKelvie made a single appearance for Buckinghamshire in the 1947 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire.[2] During the following season, he made his only first-class appearance for the Free Foresters against Cambridge University.[3] He scored 10 runs in the Free Foresters first-innings, before being dismissed by Trevor Bailey. In their second-innings he scored 12 runs before being dismissed by Hugh Griffiths.[4]
He died in Banbury, Oxfordshire on 5 January 1996.
References
edit- ^ "Teams Robert McKelvie played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Robert McKelvie". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Robert McKelvie". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
- ^ "Cambridge University v Free Foresters, 1948". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
External links
edit- Robert McKelvie at ESPNcricinfo
- Robert McKelvie at CricketArchive