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Full name | Robert Patrick Oakden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England | 9 May 1938||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 20 July 2011 Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England | (aged 73)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1960–1961 | Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
ESPNcricinfo, 10 March 2017 |
Robert Patrick Oakden (9 May 1938 – 20 July 2011) was an English cricketer. Oakden was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, and was educated at Newark Magnus Grammar School. [1]
Oakden made his first-class debut for Nottinghamshire against Lancashire in the 1960 County Championship. He made seven further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Hampshire in the 1961 County Championship. [2] In his eight first-class appearances for the county, he took 17 wickets at an average of 42.82, with best figures of 4/78. [3] With the bat, he scored 68 runs at a batting average of 9.71, with a high score of 24. [4]
Outside of cricket, Oakden completed his National Service in the Royal Navy, during which he had served aboard HMS Bulwark. [1] Following his first-class cricket career, Oakden played golf to a high standard, becoming the first person to represent Nottinghamshire at both cricket and golf since World War II. [1] He died at the town of his birth on 20 July 2011.