Roy Torrens

Ireland

Full name Robert Torrens

Born May 17, 1948, Derry/Londonderry

Died January 23, 2021 (aged 72 years 251 days)

Major teams Ireland

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Other Administrator

Height 6 ft 3 in

Education Londonderry Technical College

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct	St
First-class	6	8	1	42	17	6.00	0	0	1	0
List A	2	2	0	13	9	6.50	0	0	0	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	6	969	402	26	7/40		15.46	2.48	37.2		2	0
List A	2	101	91	2	2/44	2/44	45.50	5.40	50.5	0	0	0

Career statistics

First-class span	1966 - 1982
List A span	1981 - 1982

Profile

Roy Torrens was a brisk medium-pace bowler whose height made him a difficult proposition at club and international level. He was also a useful hard-hitting lower-order batsman, once thrashing 177 in an hour in a club game. In all, he played 30 times for Ireland taking 77 wickets at 25.66, with his best performance coming against Scotland in 1974 when he took 7 for 40 in a 52-run win. After retiring to take up running a guest house, he remained in the game as a local administrator and then national selector, and in 2000 he was president of the ICU. In 2004 he took over as manager of the Ireland side. A good footballer, he won three amateur caps for Northern Ireland.
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