Harley Roberts

Harley James Roberts (24 May 1912 – 17 February 1989) was an English cricketer and amateur golfer. He played first-class cricket for Warwickshire in 17 matches between 1932 and 1937. He later became an England international golfer and was runner-up in the English Amateur.

Personal life Roberts was born in Bearwood, Staffordshire (now in West Midlands), and died at Romsley, Worcestershire. He served as a justice of the peace in Smethwick. Two weeks later, in the match against Essex, he and Reg Santall put on 131 for the seventh wicket in what remains the record first-class partnership for this wicket for Warwickshire against Essex; Roberts made 61, but, aside from Santall's 63, his colleagues mustered only 43 more runs between them, and the match was lost heavily. Though Roberts remained at Warwickshire and played frequently for the second eleven, he did not improve on either the bowling or the batting figures of his early games, and his first-class career petered out in 1937. Worcestershire Amateur Championship: 1947 Worcestershire Open: 1955, 1956, 1962 Midland Amateur–Professional Foursomes: 1958 (with John Wiggett)