Colin Roper (born 25 July 1936) is a former English first-class

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er. Roper was born in July 1936 at Litton Cheney, Dorset. He made a single first-class appearance as a

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for

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against

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at the University Parks in 1957. Oxford University won the toss and elected to bat first, making 317 for 8

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in their first-innings, during which Roper took a single

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behind the

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, to dismiss Richard Jowett off the bowling of

Malcolm Heath Malcolm Brewster Heath (9 March 1934 - 17 December 2019) was an English first-class cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium and made his first-class debut for Hampshire County Cricket Club in the 1954 County Ch ...

. In response, Hampshire made 229 all out in their first-innings, during which Roper scored 7 runs, before he was dismissed by Jack Bailey. Oxford University declared in their second-innings on 151 for 4, with Hampshire then reaching 137 for 5 in their second-innings, at which point the match was declared a draw. He later played for

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, making his debut for the county in the 1959

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against

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. He made 79 further appearances for the county in the Minor Counties Championship, the last of which came against the Somerset Second XI in 1969. He also made a single List A one-day appearance for Dorset in the

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against

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. Batting at number three in the batting order, Roper was dismissed for a

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by Bill Bushby, with Bedfordshire winning the match by 8 wickets to progress to the next round.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roper, Colin 1936 births Living people People from West Dorset District Cricketers from Dorset English cricketers Hampshire cricketers Dorset cricketers Wicket-keepers