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Peter Roebuck, former Somerset capt and columnist, has died
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 1:52 am
by Conant
Peter Roebuck, the former Somerset captain and bane of Ozias Bvute, Cricket SA and Zimbabwe cricket, has been found dead in his hotel room in South Africa. Cause of death is unknown at this stage
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sp ... 1ndg6.html
AAP
Former English county cricket captain and respected commentator and journalist Peter Roebuck has died aged 55.
Roebuck died at his hotel in Newlands, Cape Town where he was covering the current Test series between Australia and South Africa.
Roebuck's managing editor at Fairfax newspaper the Sydney Morning Herald, Ian Fuge, said it was a sad loss.
"A devastating blow to all at the Sydney Morning Herald both professionally and personally," Fuge said.
"Peter was a wonderful writer who was the bard of summer for cricket-loving Australians.
"He was an extraordinary bloke who will be sorely missed."
Roebuck would regularly travel with the Australian cricket team and split the rest of his year living between Sydney and Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
Born in England, Roebuck had a fine cricket career before pursuing media interests.
Re: Peter Roebuck, former Somerset capt and columnist, has d
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 2:42 am
by eugene
Too bad. He was a good writer.
Re: Peter Roebuck, former Somerset capt and columnist, has d
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 3:06 am
by Jemisi
Sad.
Re: Peter Roebuck, former Somerset capt and columnist, has d
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 3:28 am
by eugene
The circumstances of his death sound kind of strange. Apparently he was in a bit of a state the night before and had to be spoken to by Cape Town police.
Re: Peter Roebuck, former Somerset capt and columnist, has d
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:57 am
by Conant
Its such a shame. I was eagerly aanticipating his next installment since Zim's mini revival
Re: Peter Roebuck, former Somerset capt and columnist, has d
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 12:05 pm
by FlowerPower
RIP. Such a gifted writer great loss.
Re: Peter Roebuck, former Somerset capt and columnist, has d
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 1:37 pm
by ZIMDOGGY
He was a gifted and articulate writer that's for sure and I hope he R.I.P however from a ZIm fans perspective I won't miss the articles (I hope that no one misconstrues what I'm saying here) as he was kind of anti zimbabwe I felt....
Although that's his opinion and he's entitled to it and I wish his family well and hope he R.I.P.
Suicide is never the answer
Re: Peter Roebuck, former Somerset capt and columnist, has d
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 2:42 pm
by hhm
ZIMDOGGY wrote:He was a gifted and articulate writer that's for sure and I hope he R.I.P however from a ZIm fans perspective I won't miss the articles (I hope that no one misconstrues what I'm saying here) as he was kind of anti zimbabwe I felt....
I will really miss this guy!
It's a pity he never warmed up to Zim, but like you
Zimdoggy, I'll give him respect for his excellence. Huge loss. I always
enjoyed his articles!
Come to think of it, South Africa must be a bad place for such people. Quite a few people like him have committed suicide here - Fiona Coyne(host of our version of The Weakest link), and journalist Kevin Carter etc. Stay away guys you might start getting ideas!
Re: Peter Roebuck, former Somerset capt and columnist, has d
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 6:41 pm
by eugene
This story keeps developing and details changing. Apparently he jumped to his death, possibly while a police officer was still in his room questioning him about an alleged sexual assault. Very strange story. Regardless of what was going on with his personal life we have certainly lost a great cricket writer. Anyone who annoys Ozias Bvute as much as he did must have been doing something right.
Re: Peter Roebuck, former Somerset capt and columnist, has d
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 5:42 am
by Conant
This was a one of a few positive stories on Zimbabwe, though he housed and sponsored a number of gifted local kids at South African universities (our very own
Tinasche Ruswa, I believe, is one of them).
The case for reconsidering the Zimbabwe boycott
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/co ... 63261.html
But other than that he was quite withering and stinging on the issue of Zimbabwe.
There is also a past thread of the same article, which (chuckle, chuckle) has uncovered one past
Clifford Harris who reminds me of one later day
Maweni, and also unearthed a fairly emotional at the time
zimdoggy 
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