Robert John Zadow (born 17 January 1954 in Mannum near

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) known as Bob or Rob is a former first-class

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er.

Career

Zadow abandoned a promising

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ing career by moving to

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in 1976 to play as an overseas amateur for

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in the

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and District League. He scored over 1000 runs as a right-handed batman despite missing the first six and last six games of the season. In 1977 he returned to

as a professional. From 1979/80 he started to play regular first-class cricket for South Australia and was soon chosen to captain the side. In 32 matches (59 innings) he scored 1472 runs at an average of 26.28 including 2 x 100s and 5 x 50s. Notable innings include a century against the touring Indian side captained by

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and at that time he was being mentioned in the Australian press as a possible

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candidate. After retirement from state cricket he went on to play for many years for his Adelaide grade club,

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Cricket Club, where he became the highest run-scorer in South Australian grade cricket history with 9318, second only now to Wayne Bradbrook - Northern Districts CC with 9619 runs. Zadow was, until recently, a state selector and served as South Auatralian Chairman of Selectors. He was also manager of the late cricket player and coach

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at the time of Hookes's death. The Rob Zadow Medal (the award presented to the Best Player of the One Day District Grand Final) was won in February 2008 by

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for the final between Sturt CC and Tea Tree Gully CC.

References

External links

Cricinfo: Robert Zadow
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zadow, Robert Australian cricketers South Australia cricketers 1954 births Living people Cricketers from South Australia