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Roland George Lyall Paver (born 4 April 1950) is a South African former first-class cricketer.

Paver was born at Johannesburg. He was educated in the city at The Ridge School, before going up as a Rhodes Scholar to Pembroke College at the University of Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against Essex at Oxford in 1972. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1972, making sixteen appearances, two of which included playing in The University Matches against Cambridge in 1973 and 1974. Playing as a wicket-keeper, he scored 290 runs at an average of 12.08 and a high score of 34, while behind the stumps he took 33 catches and made five stumpings. In addition to playing first-class cricket for the university, Paver also appeared in four List A one-day matches for Oxford in the 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup. Paver later emigrated to Australia, where he lives in Albany, Western Australia.

References

1. "Player profile: Roland Paver". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
2. "First-Class Matches played by Roland Paver". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
3. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Roland Paver". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
4. "List A Matches played by Roland Paver". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

External links

• Roland Paver at ESPNcricinfo

• 1950 births
• Living people
• Cricketers from Johannesburg
• South African Rhodes Scholars
• Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford
• English cricketers
• Oxford University cricketers
• South African emigrants to Australia
• 20th-century English sportsmen