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| Full name | Robert Paul Gofton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 September 1968 Scarborough, Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Suffolk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,5 July 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Paul Gofton (born 10 September 1968) is a former English cricketer. Gofton was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Scarborough,Yorkshire.
Gofton made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against the touring Pakistanis in 1992. He made 4 further first-class appearances in 1992 for Leicestershire,the last of which came against Kent in the County Championship. [1] In his 5 first-class matches,he scored 142 runs at an average of 20.28,with a high score of 75. [2] This score,his only first-class half century,came against Surrey. [3] With the ball,he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 58.00,with best figures of 4/81. [4] 1992 was his only season at Leicestershire,a season in which he also made his List A debut against Glamorgan in the 1992 Sunday League. He made 6 further List A appearances for Leicestershire,the last of which came against Northamptonshire in the same competition. [5] He struggled with the ball in his 7 limited-overs appearances for the county,taking just 3 wickets at a bowling average of 86.66,with best figures of 1/33. [6]
Gofton joined Suffolk in 1994,making his debut for the county in the Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire. Gofton played Minor counties cricket for Suffolk from 1994 to 1995,which included 3 Minor Counties Championship appearances [7] and a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match. [8] He made his only List A appearance for Suffolk against Gloucestershire in the 1995 NatWest Trophy. [5] In this match,he bowled 7 wicket-less overs for the cost of 60 runs,while with the bat he scored 6 runs before being dismissed by David Boden. [9]