Robert Berkeley

Captain Robert George Wilmot Berkeley, DL (23 April 1898 – 28 August 1969), served as High Sheriff of Worcestershire (1933/34), and from 1952 as a Deputy Lieutenant for the county. He also played first-class cricket for Worcestershire County Cricket Club.

Robert Berkeley
Personal information
Full name
Robert George Wilmot Berkeley
Born(1898-04-23)23 April 1898
Warley Place, Essex, England
Died28 August 1969(1969-08-28) (aged 71)
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
BattingRight-handed
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 4
Runs scored 37
Batting average 5.28
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 16
Balls bowled 0
Wickets 0
Bowling average -
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling -
Catches/stumpings 0/0
Source: CricketArchive, 2 May 2009

Captain Berkeley lived at Spetchley Park in Worcestershire before inheriting Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire from his 13th cousin, the 8th and last Earl of Berkeley, in 1942.

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