Robert Stephen Herman (born 30 November 1946) is a former English cricketer who played

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for

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from 1965 to 1971 and

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, ...

from 1972 to 1977. He played in South Africa for

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in 1972/3 and for

Griqualand West Griqualand West is an area of central South Africa with an area of 40,000 km2 that now forms part of the Northern Cape Province. It was inhabited by the Griqua people – a semi-nomadic, Afrikaans-speaking nation of mixed-race origin, w ...

in 1974/5. He also played in the

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for

Dorset Dorset ( ; Archaism, archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, t ...

in 1978 and 1979. Between 1979 and 1982, he umpired 61

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matches. He then took up teaching. Herman was born at

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. His father, Lofty Herman, also played for Hampshire.

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* 1946 births Living people English cricketers Border cricketers Dorset cricketers Griqualand West cricketers Hampshire cricketers Middlesex cricketers Minor Counties cricketers Cricketers from Southampton English cricket umpires 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-cricket-bio-1940s-stub