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| Full name | Robert Ellis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 May 1940 Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1963–1974 | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,24 June 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Ellis (born 19 May 1940) is a Scottish former first-class cricketer.
Ellis was born at Kilmarnock in May 1940. He was educated at Kilmarnock Academy,before matriculating to the University of Edinburgh. A club cricketer for Kilmarnock Cricket Club,Ellis made his debut for Scotland in first-class cricket against Warwickshire at Edinburgh in 1963. Ellis played first-class cricket for Scotland until 1974,making ten appearances. [1] As a batsman,he scored 133 runs at an average of 13.30,with a highest score of 35. [2] With his right-arm medium pace bowling,he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 63.63;in first-class cricket,he bowled a total of 129 overs. [3] He later played club cricket for Ayr Cricket Club,captaining the side from 1980 to 1982. [4] Outside of cricket,he was by profession a schoolteacher.