David John Roberts (born 1 October 1942) is an English former first-class

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. The son of the cricketer and umpire

Edward Allen Roberts Edward Allen Roberts (1907–1986) was an English cricketer and umpire. As a player, he appeared in nine first-class matches for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and Minor Counties, and had a long career for Hertfordshire in the Minor Countie ...

, he was born at

Harpenden Harpenden () is a town and civil parish in the City and District of St Albans in the county of Hertfordshire, England. The population of the built-up area was 30,240 in the 2011 census, whilst the population of the civil parish was 29,448. Har ...

in October 1942. He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Scotland at Glasgow in 1963. Batting once in the match, he was dismissed for 6 runs in the MCC first-innings by

Ronald Hogan Charles Ronald Hogan (born 10 January 1939) is a Scottish former first-class cricketer. Hogan was born at Paisley in January 1939. A club cricketer for Ferguslie Cricket Club, Hogan made his debut for Scotland in first-class cricket against I ...

. The following year he played

minor counties cricket The National Counties, known as the Minor Counties before 2020, are the cricketing counties of England and Wales that do not have first-class status. The game is administered by the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), which comes un ...

for

Hertfordshire Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For govern ...

, making three appearances in the

Minor Counties Championship The NCCA 3 Day Championship (previously the Minor Counties Cricket Championship) is a season-long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), the so-called national cou ...

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* 1942 births Living people People from Harpenden English cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Hertfordshire cricketers {{england-cricket-bio-1940s-stub