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| Full name | Robert Julian Turner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1967-11-25) 25 November 1967 (age 57) Malvern, Worcestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1991 | Cambridge University (squad no. 5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–2005 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 20 February 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Julian Turner (born 25 November 1967) is an English former first-class cricketer. A right-handed wicketkeeper batsman, Turner started his career in 1988 with Cambridge University, whom he captained. He began playing for Somerset County Cricket Club in 1991 and was their first-choice wicket-keeper until his retirement in 2005. He took 753 first-class dismissals in his 250-game career. Turner scored over 1,000 runs in both 1997 and 1999.
Born at Malvern in 1967, Turner was educated at Millfield School before going up the Magdalene College, Cambridge. During his career at Somerset he was not a full-time cricketer, but worked as a stockbroker for Rowan Dartington & Co Ltd. He joined the firm full-time following his retirement from cricket. He has also taught mathematics at Richard Huish College.
His older brother, Simon, played for Somerset in 1984 and 1985.
References
- "Captains of CUCC". Cambridge University Cricket Club.
- Robert Turner, Cricinfo. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
- Rob Turner, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-01-27. (subscription required)
- 1967 births
- Living people
- English cricketers
- Cambridge University cricketers
- Cambridgeshire cricketers
- Somerset cricketers
- Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricketers
- People educated at Millfield
- People from Malvern, Worcestershire
- Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge
- Schoolteachers from Worcestershire
- British Universities cricketers
- Wicket-keepers
- Cricketers from Worcestershire
- 20th-century English sportsmen