| Full name: | Robert Appleyard |
| Born: | 27th June 1924, Wibsey, Bradford, Yorkshire, England |
| Died: | 17th March 2015, Middleton Woods, Ilkley, Yorkshire, England |
| Batting: | Right-hand batter |
| Bowling: | Right-arm off-break, Right-arm medium pace |
| Biography: | Awarded MBE in 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to cricket |
| Teams: | England (Test: 1954-1956); Yorkshire (Main FC: 1950-1958); Yorkshire Second XI (Minor Counties Championship: 1950-1958); All teams |
| Yorkshire cap: 1951 | |
| Wisden Cricketer of the Year: 1952 | |
| Yorkshire benefit season: 1959 (raised 2,000 pounds) | |
| Lists of matches and more detailed statistics | |
| Test Career Batting and Fielding (1954-1956) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| England | 9 | 9 | 6 | 51 | 19* | 17.00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Test Career Bowling (1954-1956) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| England | 1596 | 70 | 554 | 31 | 5-51 | 17.87 | 1 | 0 | 51.48 | 2.08 |
| First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1950-1958) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| Overall | 152 | 145 | 54 | 776 | 63 | 8.52 | 0 | 1 | 80 | |
| First-Class Career Bowling (1950-1958) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| Overall | 29974 | 1470 | 10965 | 708 | 8-76 | 15.48 | 57 | 17 | 42.33 | 2.19 |
| Minor Counties Championship Career Batting and Fielding (1950-1958) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| Yorkshire Second XI | 17 | 14 | 3 | 73 | 29 | 6.63 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Minor Counties Championship Career Bowling (1950-1958) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| Yorkshire Second XI | 2790 | 156 | 940 | 91 | 8-21 | 10.32 | 7 | 2 | 30.65 | 2.02 |