Robert Braddell

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Robert Braddell
country = England
fullname = Robert Lyttleton Lee Braddell
dayofbirth = 14
monthofbirth = 12
yearofbirth = 1888
placeofbirth = Malacca
countryofbirth = Straits Settlements
dayofdeath = 17
monthofdeath = 3
yearofdeath = 1965
placeofdeath = Sintra
countryofdeath = Portugal
batting = Right-handed
bowling = Right-arm medium pace
club1 = HDG Leveson-Gower's XI
year1 = 1926
clubnumber1 =
club2 = Gentlemen of England
year2 = 1919
clubnumber2 =
club3 = MCC
year3 = 1909-1911
clubnumber3 =
club4 = Oxford University
year4 = 1908-1911
type1 = First-class
debutdate1 = 14 May
debutyear1 = 1908
debutfor1 = Oxford University
debutagainst1 = Lancashire
lastdate1 = 19 May
lastyear1 = 1926
lastfor1 = HDG Leveson-Gower's XI
lastagainst1 = Oxford University
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 20
runs1 = 650
bat avg1 = 18.57
100s/50s1 = 0/3
top score1 = 96
deliveries1 = 425
wickets1 = 11
bowl avg1 = 22.45
fivefor1 = 0
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = 2/1
catches/stumpings1 = 11/0
date = 9 December
year = 2007
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28078/28078.html CricketArchive

Robert Lyttleton Lee Braddell (born 14 December 1888 in Malacca; died 17 March 1965 in Sintra, Portugal) was an English cricketer. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9934.html Cricinfo profile] ] A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28078/28078.html CricketArchive profile] ] he played 20 first-class cricket matches, mostly for Oxford University. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28078/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Robert Braddell] at CricketArchive]

Career

Whilst attending Oxford University, Braddell made his first-class debut for their cricket team, playing against Lancashire in May 1908. His second first-class match the following year was against the university team, playing for the MCC. He also played for the university against Worcestershire the same year. In addition he played minor counties cricket for Suffolk during those two years. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28078/all_teams.html Teams played for by Robert Braddell] at CricketArchive]

In 1910, he played seven first-class matches for Oxford University, gaining his blue when he played against Cambridge University in July. He played seven more first-class matches for them the following year, including a game against India, also playing a second match for the MCC against Yorkshire that August.

The following year, he played his first match for the Straits Settlements, playing against the Federated Malay States in Singapore in April. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28078/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Robert Braddell] at CricketArchive] Back in England, he played a first-class match for the Gentlemen of England against Oxford University in 1919, and for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI against the same opposition in 1926, fitting in a second match for the Straits Settlements against the Federated Malay States in 1923.

The remainder of his cricket career was spent in the Far East, playing for the Straits Settlements between 1927 and 1930, also playing for the combined Malaya cricket team against Hong Kong and Shanghai.

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