Roger Dean Broughton (7 October 1958, Gisborne – 25 August 2004,

Hiruharama Hiruhārama is a village and rural community in the Gisborne District of New Zealand's North Island. It is located just south of Ruatoria and north of Makarika, on State Highway 35. The area has two marae. Hiruharama Marae and Kapohanga a Ra ...

) was a

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er who played 21

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es and 16 limited-overs for the

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in the 1980s. He also played for

Poverty Bay Poverty Bay (Māori language, Māori: ''Tūranganui-a-Kiwa''), officially named Tūranganui-a-Kiwa / Poverty Bay, is the largest of several small bays on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island to the north of Hawke Bay. It stretches for ...

in the

Hawke Cup The Hawke Cup is a non-first-class cricket competition for New Zealand's district associations. Apart from 1910–11, 1912–13 and 2000–01 the competition has always been on a challenge basis. To win the Hawke Cup, the challengers must beat ...

. A right-handed batsman, he scored one century and three half-centuries in first-class cricket at an average of 22.56.

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1958 births 2004 deaths New Zealand cricketers Northern Districts cricketers Cricketers from Gisborne, New Zealand 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1950s-stub