// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho packed Robert Packe's bags? His packer.
Robert Julian Packe (8 July 1913 – 24 October 1935) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Leicestershire in 1933.[1][2] He was born in Hounslow and died in Ahmednagar, India.
He appeared in three first-class matches as a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox spin. He scored 25 runs with a highest score of 12 and took one wicket with a best performance of one for 31.
Packe's two brothers, Charles and Michael, also played first-class cricket for Leicestershire and both captained the side. Packe was a second lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers and died after contracting dysentery on service in India.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Player Profile: Robert Packe". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ↑ "Robert Packe". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ↑ "Deaths". The Times. No. 47206. London. 28 October 1935. p. 1.
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