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Robert 'Bob' Leslie Short (born 12 September 1948) is an English former first-class cricketer.

Short was born at Chesterfield in September 1948. He was educated at Denstone College, before going up to Emmanuel College, Cambridge. While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1969 and 1970, making eleven appearances against. Playing as a batsman in the Cambridge side, Short scored 355 runs at an average of 18.68; he recorded one half century, a score of 58, which was his only score above fifty. His brother, David, played first-class cricket at county level.

References

1. The Cambridge University List of Members for the Year 1991. Cambridge University Press. 1991. p. 1232. ISBN 9780521434683.
2. "First-Class Matches played by Bob Short". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
3. "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Bob Short". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

External links

• Bob Short at ESPNcricinfo

• 1948 births
• Living people
• Cricketers from Chesterfield, Derbyshire
• People educated at Denstone College
• Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
• Cambridge University cricketers