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Paul William Romaines (born 25 December 1955) is a former English first-class cricketer who is now a teacher.

Born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, on Christmas Day 1955, Romaines played six first-class matches for Northamptonshire in 1975 and 1976 before returning to his native Durham for five seasons of Minor Counties cricket. An opening or middle-order batsman and occasional off-spinner, he then played ten seasons with Gloucestershire from 1982 to 1991, in which he played 161 first-class matches, and one season (1984–85) in South Africa for Griqualand West.

His 8120 first-class runs at an average of 28.39 included 13 hundreds. His best season was 1984 when he scored 1844 runs for Gloucestershire at 35.46. His highest score was his first century, 186 for Gloucestershire against Warwickshire in 1982.

Romaines is now head of PSHE, Cricket and Assistant House Master in North Town at Clifton College in Bristol.

References

1. "First-class batting and fielding in each season by Paul Romaines". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
2. "Warwickshire v Gloucestershire 1982". Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
3. Fissler, Neil (24 November 2015). "Where are they now? Durham – Minor Counties champions 1980". The Cricket Paper. Retrieved 18 June 2019.

External links

• Paul Romaines at ESPNcricinfo
• Paul Romaines at CricketArchive

• 1955 births
• Living people
• Gloucestershire cricketers
• Northamptonshire cricketers
• Sportspeople from Bishop Auckland
• Cricketers from County Durham
• English cricketers
• Durham cricketers
• Griqualand West cricketers
• Schoolteachers from County Durham
• 20th-century English sportsmen