Robert Simpson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Robert Simpson
Occupation	Cricketer
Date Of Birth	Feb 3, 1936(1936-02-03)
Age	88
Date Of Death	1997-11-21
Birthplace	Marrickville
Country	Australia
Horoscope	Aquarius

Robert Simpson Biography

Robert Simpson is one of the most popular and richest Cricketer who was born on February 3, 1936 in Marrickville, Australia. Simpson was the son of Scottish immigrants from Falkirk. He was born in Marrickville, an inner-western suburb of Sydney. Jock, his father was a printer. He played soccer in the Scottish League for Stenhousemuir. A relative was Jock Simpson, an international soccer player from England in the 1910s. Simpson was encouraged by his elder brothers Jack and Bill, who both played in Sydney Grade Cricket’s first division for many years. Simpson began his career as a fast-bowler and batsman, but he was also able to play in any position. He was a strong leader, having commanded Marrickville West Primary School in West Melbourne and Tempe Intermediate High School. At the age of 12, he was in charge of 14-year-olds.

Simpson scored 69 against South Australia in his next match, his only innings and match of the season. The 1953-1954 season was strictly domestic, and no international teams toured. New South Wales was the strongest state, with many Test players. They won the first nine consecutive Sheffield Shield titles. Simpson struggled to get into the team at full strength. Simpson played in two matches at the beginning of the season and two more towards the end. New South Wales won all but the first match, which was drawn. Because of the strong batting lineup, Simpson was limited to bat only six times. His two highest innings, 58 and 42, were overturned when New South Wales reached their target. Simpson was unbeaten. Simpson finished with 147 runs and a run rate of 36.75. He also took 14 wickets at 27.85. Simpson’s bowling was a highlight of the matches. He took 5/37 against Western Australia and bowled four of his victims. Then he took 4/38 against South Australia and then took 2/83 against South Australia. New South Wales won both matches.

Simpson was under pressure to hold his place in the team, so he moved to Western Australia at the end of the 1955–56 season. At the age of 20, he changed professions from accounting with the Sydney Water Board to journalism, having been given a newspaper editorial post with the Daily News in Perth. During the time, he lived in the house of Fremantle Cricket Club President Bob Ballantine.

At the start of the 1955–56, Simpson was hit in the nose by a bouncer, forcing him to have two operations. However, he missed only one Shield match against Victoria and played in the remainder of New South Wales’ matches, despite the presence of the Test players for the full season, which was purely domestic. Simpson failed to make the most of his opportunities with the bat; in 11 completed innings, he reached 20 on nine occasions, but failed to convert the starts into big scores. His best scores was 79 and 57, and he was dismissed between 20 and 43 seven times. He ended the season with 406 runs at 36.90, and had little success with the ball, taking two wickets at 97.50 at the expensive economy rate of 5.73. Simpson was overlooked for selection for the 1956 tour of England, much to the surprise of English skipper Peter May. Australia lost its third consecutive Ashes tour and in doing so suffered two successive innings defeats, something that it had not suffered for 68 years.

He was 11 days short of his seventeenth birthday when he made his Sheffield Shield debut, as a middle-order batsman for New South Wales against Victoria during the 1952-53 season. Prior to this, he had only played 12 first-grade matches. Arthur Morris, the Australian vice-captain, asked Arthur Morris where his nappies were when he met his teammates. He was 16 years old and had been playing cricket for New South Wales for 354 days. This made him the second- youngest cricketer to have his name spelled out. He scored 44 runs and 8 runs, without being out in either innings. Haigh says that he felt a great protectiveness towards such a boy. Simpson tried to run two balls from the end of a draw match but was caught by half the pitch for his mistake. Hugh McKinnon, the umpire, declined the appeal. Sam Loxton, the Victorian captain, reacted furiously, saying that “it’s only the last ball of this game and his first match”. Simpson took his maiden wicket in the match by catching Ian Johnson, Test player, from his own bowling.

Robert Simpson Net Worth

Robert Simpson is one of the richest Cricketer from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Robert Simpson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Robert Baddeley Simpson, AO was born 3 February 1936. He is an ex-cricketer who played for Australia, New South Wales and Western Australia. He also captained the Australian national team from 1963/64 to 1967/68 and again in 1977/78. Later, he was the Australian team’s coach and enjoyed a long and successful career. He is also known by the nickname Bobby or Simmo.

Simpson’s technical accuracy was a hallmark of his prime. His ability to hit for long periods of time despite being slightly shorter than average was due to his high levels of fitness and concentration. He was able to hit a variety of shots, especially off the back foot. He formed an opening partnership with Bill Lawry that is widely regarded as one the best in Test history. Simpson was quick between the wickets. The pair are well-known for their ability to quickly rotate the strike using singles. Simpson’s style was simple and attractive. This was due to a shift in technique that Simpson made in the 1950s, when he switched from playing too side-on to square-on. Simpson discovered that this made all the difference in his ability to deal with the in-dipper or going-away ball. Simpson, who stood 179 cm tall and weighed 83 kg (13 st), was an effective attacking batsman. Simpson is best remembered for his straight-drive, powerfully hit square cut and on-drive from his toes. Simpson avoided the hook shot as he considered it too risky and preferred the pull shot. Simpson started his career with a square-on stance. He later switched to a more side-on position to make it easier to handle swing bowling.

The following season in 1954–55, Simpson had more chances in the New South Wales middle order as the Test players were often playing for Australia against the touring English cricket team. However, he failed to make the use of this, scoring only 123 runs in the first seven innings and was in and out of the team. He then struck form against Victoria, scoring 104 of New South Wales’ 234. This was pivotal in a low-scoring match as Victoria made only 86 and 158 and helped New South Wales to a nine-wicket win. Simpson’s final match of the season was against the Englishmen. He made six in the first innings as both teams made 172. In the second innings, Simpson reached 98, when light drizzle began to fall and English captain Len Hutton decided to engage in mind games by ordering his men to leave the ground even though the umpires had not adjourned the match. When the visitors returned to the field, Simpson feared another rain delay would stop him reaching his century, so he charged English spinner Johnny Wardle and was stumped. Nevertheless, he helped his state to inflict a rare defeat on Hutton’s men; they had won the Tests convincingly 3–1 and had otherwise not been beaten on the tour. The end-of-season run-scoring pushed Simpson’s tally for the season to 331 at 33.10; he bowled only in the first two matches of the summer, totalling 1/58.

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Simpson returned to Australia, he had a productive period in the Sheffield Shield for Western Australia, rectifying his prior problem of not capitalising on his starts. On the advice of Harvey, he reinvented himself as an opening batsman in an attempt to exploit the opportunity opened by the retirement of Test opener Jimmy Burke. At the start of the 1959–60 Australian season, he scored 98 and took a total of 2/77 in a drawn match against Victoria. In the next match, Simpson broke through for his maiden double-century, posting 236 not out in Western Australia’s 4/487 declared against New South Wales. In contrast, Simpson’s native state could manage a match total of only 382 in an innings defeat, as he took 1/17 and 5/45. Simpson then made his second double- century in as many innings, posting 230 not out in an innings win against Queensland, more than 57% of his team’s runs. His innings of 79 in the draw against South Australia was his lowest score of the season and ended the summer with 98 and 161 not out against New South Wales, carrying his bat in the second innings of a defeat and again scoring the majority of his state’s runs for the match. Simpson reflected that “I spent two years turning myself into an overnight success.”

Facts & Trivia

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In the Southern Hemisphere winter in 1959, Simpson played a season in the Lancashire League in England as Accrington’s professional player, receiving a 950-pound contract. He scored 1,444 runs at 103.14, returning a better statistical analysis than Gary Sobers, and took 47 wickets at 20.82. Simpson’s top-score of 122 not out came against Ramsbottom and added another triple- figure score against Bacup, and his season included 11 consecutive fifties including a century, seven of which were unbeaten. In all, he scored two centuries and 14 fifties in 26 innings. He took five-wicket hauls three times with a best of 6/40 against Nelson.

What was robert Simpson famous for?

Robert Homer Simpson (November 19, 1912 – December 18, 2014) was an American meteorologist, hurricane specialist, first director of the National Hurricane Research Project (NHRP) from 1955–1959, and a former director (1967–1974) of the National Hurricane Center (NHC).

What did Robert Simpson invent?

Robert Simpson
Known for| Tropical cyclone research, Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale , NHC director
Spouse(s)| Joanne Simpson
Awards| Department of Commerce Gold Medal, Cleveland Abbe Award
Scientific career

What happened to Robert Simpson?

He had suffered a gunshot wound to the chest. Firefighters were sent in and began providing medical care but Simpson died , the reports said. Investigators recovered a projectile on the floor of the entrance to the bedroom, the reports said.

When did Simpsons go out of business?

TypePrivate (until 1978) Subsidiary (1978–1991)
Founder| Robert Simpson
Defunct| August 14, 1991
Fate| Converted to The Bay
Successor| The Bay

Who composed music for The Simpsons?

“The Simpsons Theme”, also referred to as “The Simpsons Main Title Theme” in album releases, is the theme music of the animated television series The Simpsons. It plays during the opening sequence and was composed by Danny Elfman in 1989, after series creator Matt Groening approached him requesting a theme.