Robert Demming
Personal information
Full name
Robert Oliver Demming
Born (1949-05-05) 5 May 1949
Trinidad
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1972–1977Bedfordshire
Career statistics
Competition List A
Matches 2
Runs scored 34
Batting average 17.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 17
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 2 August 2011

Robert Oliver Demming (born 5 May 1949) is a Trinidadian born former cricketer. Demming was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.

Demming studied at Durham University, where he was captain of the cricket club and also played as a striker for the university football team.[1]

He made his debut for Bedfordshire against Shropshire in the 1972 Minor Counties Championship. He played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 1972 to 1977, making 38 Minor Counties Championship appearances.[2] He made his List A debut against Lancashire in the 1973 Gillette Cup. He was dismissed for 17 runs by Jack Simmons in Bedfordshire's innings, a match which Lancashire won by 127 runs.[3] He made a further List A appearance against Northumberland in the 1977 Gillette Cup.[4] In this match, he was dismissed for 17 runs by John Woodford, with Northumberland winning by 9 wickets.[5]

Demming was also an excellent rugby player and a prolific try scorer for Bedford on the right wing. He scored 73 tries, including seven hat-tricks, in 147 appearances, represented England 'B' as well as having a final England trial. He scored two tries in Bedford's 28-12 victory over Rosslyn Park in the RFU Knockout Cup final in 1975.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Palatinate. No. 244. 12 March 1970. p. 8. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Robert Demming". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "Bedfordshire v Lancashire, 1973 Gillette Cup". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "List A Matches played by Robert Demmming". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  5. ↑ "Bedfordshire v Northumberland, 1977 Gillette Cup". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  6. ↑ Neil Roy, '100 Years of the Blues. The Bedfordshire Times Centenary History of Bedford R.U.F.C', (Bedford, 1986), p. 120
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