Robert John Hadley (born 22 October 1951) is a former

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er. Hadley was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium. He was born at

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. While studying at

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, Hadley made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Warwickshire at Fenner's in 1971. He made six further first-class appearances in that season for the university. In that same season he also made two first-class appearances for

, against

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and Somerset in the County Championship. Against Leicestershire he took his maiden

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, with figures of 5/32 during Leicestershire's first-innings. These were to be his only first-class appearances for Glamorgan. He continued to play first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1972 and 1973, making seventeen further first-class appearances, the last of which came against Oxford University in The University Match at

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. In total he made 24 first-class appearances for the university, taking 47 wickets at an average of 30.17, with best figures of 5/31. These figures were one of two five wicket hauls he took for the university and came against

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in 1972. He also made two first-class appearances for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team, against the touring Australians in 1972 and the touring New Zealanders in 1973. Hadley also appeared in three

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matches for Cambridge University in the

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, playing against Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and Northamptonshire in the group stages of the competition. He had little success in these matches, taking just a single wicket. He became a doctor.

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