Roger de Ville is a former English

England

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 cricket

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er who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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 in 1963 and 1964.

De Ville was born at Uttoxeter

Uttoxeter

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, Staffordshire

Staffordshire

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. He bagan playing for Derbyshire in 1955, when he turned out for the Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship. In the 1963 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1963

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1963 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for ninety-two years. It was their fifty-ninth season in the County Championship and they won two championship matches and lost fourteen to finish seventeenth in the County...

 he was brought into the first team as a lower-order batsman. He played two games in the season. In the 1964 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1964

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1964 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for ninety three years. It was their sixtieth season in the County Championship and they won five matches to finish twelfth in the County Championship...

 he played one more game for the Derbyshire against Oxford University

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De Ville was a right-handed batsman who played five innings in three first class matches with an averge of 8.66 and a top score of 17. He was a leg-break bowler, but his lack of consistency saw him dropped in favour of quicker bowlers such as Brian Jackson. He took two wickets at an average of 73.00 and a best performance of 2 for 47.

De Ville moved to Staffordshire

Staffordshire County Cricket Club

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, where he played in the Minor Counties Championship until 1973. He played two ListA matches for Staffordshire. Later in his career, he played for Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club

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, until 1977.