Roy Cosmo Kerslake was born on 26 December 1942 and is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Somerset, and captained Somerset for one season in 1968.
10 Facts About Roy Kerslake
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Roy Kerslake batted in the middle order and took 16 wickets for less than seven runs each.
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Roy Kerslake headed the Cambridge bowling averages with 26 wickets at a cost of only 13.30 each and made 259 runs in the lower order, without reaching 50.
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Roy Kerslake's batting was not successful, but he took 39 wickets with his off-spin, including his best county return, six for 83 against Hampshire at Bournemouth.
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In 1968 following the retirement as Somerset captain of Colin Atkinson, Roy Kerslake reappeared as captain of the side.
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Roy Kerslake's brilliant fielding never wavered, but his batting and bowling, both of value on occasions, were not given full rein.
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Roy Kerslake made 525 runs at an average of exactly 15 runs per innings, with just one innings over 50, and he bowled fewer than 40 overs, taking only six wickets.
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Somerset's early dismissal from the Gillette Cup that season, while Roy Kerslake was injured, meant that he never played one-day cricket.
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Roy Kerslake continued to play Minor Counties cricket for Somerset's second eleven until the late 1970s and twice, in 1974 and 1976, was picked for the Minor Counties representative side against the touring team.
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Roy Kerslake was, according to Foot, a highly influential figure in Somerset's years of success in the early 1980s and a "father confessor" figure to the top players.