Robert Henry Prouting (born 2 October 1938) is a New Zealand former

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er. He played three first-class matches for

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during the 1969–70 season. Prouting was born at

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in 1938.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 109. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
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at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) He played cricket for Christchurch Boys' High School and for the

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under-20 side as well as appearing for Canterbury representative sides during the late 1950s in matches which do not have first-class status, including taking nine wickets in an innings against North Canterbury in 1958–59.Bob Prouting
CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 December 2023. He played club cricket for the Lancaster Park club in Christchurch and spent time playing in both

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and

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during the early 1960s.Prouting back, ''

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'', volume CII, issue 30230, 7 September 1963, p. 9.
Available online
at Papers Past. Retrieved 11 December 2023.) During the mid-1960s he played for Southland, including in the Hawke Cup in 1965–66, Otago B sides and for a Combined Services team before making his first-class debut for Otago at Christmas 1969, opening the bowling for the team against

. In his three first-class matches, all played between Christmas 1969 and mid-January 1970, Prouting took two wickets and scored 13 runs.

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