Richard Eric Soule (born 5 September 1966) is a former
Australia
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cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...
er, who played for
Tasmania
Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...
. He played for Tasmania from 1983 until 1991.
He was a talented
wicket-keeper
In cricket, the wicket-keeper is the Cricket player, player on the fielding (cricket), fielding side who stands behind the wicket, ready to stop Delivery (cricket), deliveries that pass the batsman, and take a Caught, catch, Stumped, stump the ...
, who played well during Tasmania's dark period in the 1980s when the side struggled for any success, and was also reliable lower order batsman.
See also
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List of Tasmanian representative cricketers
This is a list of cricket players who have played representative cricket for Tasmania in Australia.
It includes players that have played at least one match, in senior first-class, List A cricket, or Twenty20 matches. Practice matches are not i ...
External links
Cricinfo Profile
1966 births
Living people
Australian cricketers
Tasmania cricketers
Wicket-keepers
Cricketers from Launceston, Tasmania
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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