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Full name | Robert James Woodman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Taunton, Somerset, England | 12 October 1986||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2005 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,22 December 2015 |
Robert James Woodman (born 12 October 1986) is an English former professional cricketer who played for Somerset and Gloucestershire. [1] He played as a left-handed batsman and left-arm fast-medium bowler.
As of April 2021 [update] ,he is the head of cricket at King’s College,Taunton. [2]
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