Andrew Roseberry is a former English

English people

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 cricket

Cricket

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er. Roseberry was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace

Seam bowling

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. He was born at Sunderland, County Durham

County Durham

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.

Roseberry made his first-class

First-class cricket

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 debut for Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

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 in 1992 against the touring Pakistanis, in what was his only first-class appearance for the county.

Roseberry joined Northumberland

Northumberland County Cricket Club

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 in 1993, where he made his Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire County Cricket Club

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. From 1993 to 1997, he represented the county in 19 Minor Counties Championship fixtures and 6 MCCA Knockout Trophy

MCCA Knockout Trophy

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 matches.

In 1994, Roseberry joined Glamorgan

Glamorgan County Cricket Club

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, where he made his County Championship

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 debut against Sussex

Sussex County Cricket Club

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. He played 5 more first-class fixtures for Glamorgan in 1994, with his final first-class match coming against Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

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. In his 7 first-class matches, he scored 263 runs at a batting average

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 of 29.22, with 2 half centuries and a high score of 94.

Family

His brother Mike

Mike Roseberry

Michael Anthony Roseberry is a former English cricketer.Mike Roseberry was educated at Durham School, where he formed a reputation as an all-round sportsman...

 played cricket for Middlesex

Middlesex County Cricket Club

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, Durham County Cricket Club

Durham County Cricket Club

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 and the Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club

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External links

• Andrew Roseberry at Cricinfo
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• Andrew Roseberry at CricketArchive
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