Robbie Lawson

For the Emmerdale character, see Robbie Lawson (Emmerdale).

Robert Arthur Lawson (born 14 September 1974) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played for Otago between the 1992–93 and 2003–04 seasons.^[1]

Robbie Lawson

Personal information
Full name	Robert Arthur Lawson
Born	(1974-09-14) 14 September 1974 (age 50) Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1992/93–2003/04	Otago
FC debut	3 December 1992 Otago v Central Districts
Last FC	7 March 2004 Otago v Sri Lanka A
LA debut	3 January 1993 Otago v Wellington
Last LA	30 January 2004 Otago v Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 73 93 Runs scored 3,278 2,291 Batting average 25.81 27.60 100s/50s 3/16 0/16 Top score 200 83* Balls bowled 47 39 Wickets 2 0 Bowling average 9.00 – 5 wickets in innings 0 – 10 wickets in match 0 – Best bowling 1/0 – Catches/stumpings 28/– 26/–
Source: CricInfo, 10 November 2023

Lawson was born at Dunedin in Otago in 1974^[2] and was educated at Otago Boys' High School in the city.^[3][4] A right-handed batsman who occasionally bowled off breaks, he played more than 160 top-level matches, almost all of them for Otago.^[1]

After playing age-group cricket for Otago in 1991–92, Lawson made his senior representative debut in a Plunket Shield match against Central Districts at Masterton in December 1992. He played for the New Zealand national under-19 cricket team in early 1993, for a New Zealand Emerging Players side during the following season and went on to play for the New Zealand Academy and for New Zealand A but was never capped internationally.^[1] He captained Otago and scored over 5,500 top-class runs during his career.^[1][4] He later served in the board of the Otago Cricket Association for nine years and was made a life member of the association in 2023.^[5]