Peter Roebuck biography: 'He's gone out the window!’

By Tim Lane and Elliot Cartledge
Updated October 10 2015 - 8:33am, first published 8:27am
Peter Roebuck in 1993. Photo: Ray Kennedy
Peter Roebuck in 1993. Photo: Ray Kennedy

It may be comforting to his family and friends to know that Peter Roebuck's final afternoon was spent watching cricket in the company of cricket people. He and Nic Kock, an old friend from Cape Town's University of Western Cape, stayed at the UWC's oval until well after the day's battle had ended, mixing and chatting freely with players in the club rooms. Roebuck even shared a Castle Lager with them. The young cricketers were thrilled to have him in their midst and, as the shadows lengthened, they invited him and Kock to dine with them.

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