Roy Webber

Roy Webber (died 14 November 1962 aged 48) was a British <a href="/facts/Cricket/tjuTASkU">cricket</a> <a href="/facts/Scorer/nUyDRdks">scorer</a> and <a href="/facts/Cricket_statistics/rwAg6RAo">statistician</a>. After <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a>, in which he served with the <a href="/facts/Royal_Air_Force/P10CbL5H">Royal Air Force</a>, he decided to turn what had been his hobby into his profession. He had the necessary proficiency with figures, having previously been an <a href="/facts/Accountant/p2nyaK5J">accountant</a>. He was the scorer for <a href="/facts/BBC_Television/cJ56QwKM">BBC Television</a>'s <a href="/facts/Test_cricket/m6LrScYJ">Test</a> coverage for many years. He edited <a href="/facts/The_Cricket_Annual/rHpK4sjb">The Cricket Annual</a> in 1961 and 1962. He was joint editor of the magazine <a href="/facts/Playfair_Cricket_Monthly/6eT1E7CV">Playfair Cricket Monthly</a> and wrote a number of cricket books. He also wrote for the <a href="/facts/News_Chronicle/4UrfF35P">News Chronicle</a> and the <a href="/facts/Daily_Mail/a4uUpVJG">Daily Mail</a>.
He married twice. His first was c. 1940 to Margaret Winiefred Bentley. They had two children: Patience Margaret (1942) and Nigel Emary Roy (1943). They divorced c. 1946. Second marriage was c. 1952 was to Daphne Goodacre, with whom he had no children.
He died of a heart attack, and was buried at <a href="/facts/Golders_Green_Crematorium/1TeeEos0">Golders Green Crematorium</a>.

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