Player profile

Full name Robert Hillman Attwell
Born Cranleigh, April 14, 1912
Died Cranleigh, May 19, 2004
Nickname
Batting style Right-hand lower-order
Bowling style Offspin
Height 5 ft 9 in
Clubs Cranleigh
School XI 1927 to 1929
OC Career 1927 to 1960

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat		Inns		NO		HS		Runs		Ave		50		100		Ct		St
OCCC	8		4		3		24		51		51.00		0		0		1		0

Bowling averages

	Overs		Mdns		Runs		Wkts		Ave		Best		5WI		SR		Econ
OCCC	76.5		14		236		10		23.60		3-20		0		45.9		3.1

Notes

Profile

Bob Attwell's fame on the cricket field came almost entirely while playing for Cranleigh Village, where his feats are legendary. But he played - albeit too briefly - in two spells for the OCCC. The first while he was still at Cranleigh and immediately after he left, and the second when Nigel Paul reformed the side in the late 1950s. He was considered by many to be the finest slow left-armer Cranleigh has ever produced, and his record would tend to support that. He regularly topped Cranleigh's list of wicket-takers, and in 1956 he took all ten in an innings against a Nigel Paul XI which contained several first-class cricketers. He also had one other claim to fame, which few knew about. In 1943 he played in a game at Lord's between Surrey and Sussex Home Guards shortly before being posted overseas. During that match was at the non-striker's end when the batsman on strike, former England cricket and football international Andy Ducat, collapsed and died at the crease.

Latest Articles

Latest Photos

www.flickr.com More