Robert James Maxwell (born 10 February 1945) is a New Zealand former

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er. He played one

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match for

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during the 1970–71 season.R Maxwell

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. Retrieved 16 May 2016.Bob Maxwell
CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 May 2016. Maxwell was born at

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in the

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in 1945. He was educated at Bayfield High School in

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McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 146. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
Available online
at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) and was first selected to play cricket for the provincial under-20 side during the 1963–64 season. He played some matches for Southland during 1965–66 and made his senior provincial debut for Otago in a List A match against the touring England side at Carisbrook in February 1971. Opening the batting, he scored only two runs. Maxwell went on to play Hawke Cup and Waitaki-Tekau Trophy cricket for

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between the 1971–72 and 1975–76 seasons.

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