Bob Caple
Personal information
Full name
Robert Graham Caple
Born8 December 1939
Chiswick, Middlesex, England
Died29 December 2019(2019-12-29) (aged 80)
South Africa
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1958Marylebone Cricket Club
1959Middlesex
1961–1967Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 68
Runs scored 1,581
Batting average 18.38
100s/50s –/5
Top score 64*
Balls bowled 2,861
Wickets 34
Bowling average 36.32
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 5/54
Catches/stumpings 32/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 February 2020

Robert Graham Caple (8 December 1939 — 29 December 2019) was an English first-class cricketer.

Caple was born at Chiswick in December 1939. He made his debut in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University at Lord's in 1958. The following season, he made two first-class appearances for Middlesex against Oxford University and Cambridge University.[1] Caple left Middlesex to join Hampshire in 1961,[2] making his debut for Hampshire against Oxford University in that year. A gap of two years followed before his next appearance for Hampshire at Bournemouth in 1963, with Caple establishing himself in the Hampshire side that year. He made 65 first-class appearances for Hampshire until 1967,[1] scoring 1,531 runs at an average of 18.22;[3] he made five half centuries, with a highest score of 64 not out coming against Surrey in 1964.[2] Although Caple was also a useful off break bowler, he found himself playing for Hampshire at a time when they had strong spin bowling options, limiting his bowling for Hampshire.[2] Thus, he was limited to 28 wickets at a bowling average of 35.82;[4] he took one five wicket haul, with figures of 5 for 54 against Oxford University in 1966.[2]

Caple left Hampshire, alongside Geoff Keith, at the end of the 1967 season.[5] Following the conclusion of his playing career, he became a successful cricket coach. He coached at Bedford School for 23 years, before coaching in South Africa at St. Alban's College for sixteen years.[2] Caple died in South Africa in December 2019.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "First-Class Matches played by Robert Caple". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Booth, Lawrence (2021). The Shorter Wisden 2011 - 2021. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 261. ISBN 9781472994370.
  3. ↑ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Robert Caple". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Robert Caple". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Crawford returns". Liverpool Echo. 29 August 1967. p. 14. Retrieved 27 July 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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