Roy Webber (died 14 November 1962 aged 48) was a British

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scorer and

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. After

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, in which he served with the

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, he decided to turn what had been his hobby into his profession. He had the necessary proficiency with figures, having previously been an

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. He was the scorer for

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coverage for many years. He edited ''

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'' in 1961 and 1962. He was joint editor of the magazine ''

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'' and wrote a number of cricket books. He also wrote for the ''

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'' and the ''

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''. He married twice. His first was c. 1940 to Margaret Winiefred Bentley. They had two children: Patience Margaret (1942) and Nigel Emary Roy (1943). They divorced c. 1946. Second marriage was c. 1952 was to Daphne Goodacre, with whom he had no children. He died of a heart attack, and was buried at

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Bibliography

He wrote the following books (as well as contributing statistical appendices to a number of books by other authors): *''Webber's Cricket Year Book'', 1946-47 & 1947-48, Privately Published. *''The Playfair Book of Cricket Records'', Playfair Books, 1951. *''Who's Who in World Cricket,'' Hodder & Stoughton, 1952, with updated edition in 1954. *''The Playfair Book of Test Cricket'', Playfair Books, 1952 and 1954. *''The Australians in England: A record of the 21 Australian cricket tours of England, 1878 to 1953'', Hodder & Stoughton, 1953. *''The County Cricket Championship: A history of the competition from 1873 to the present day'', Phoenix House, 1957. *''Phoenix History of Cricket'', Dent, 1960, . *''Concise Book of Cricket Records'', Phoenix House, 1963. *''Armchair Cricket'' co-author with

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Published by BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) in small paperback - No date, but c. 1960 A brief biography of Webber, in the form of a booklet of 31 pages, was written by Irving Rosenwater: *''Roy Webber, statistician'', Christopher Saunders, 2001, .

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