Rebecca Rolls

Rebecca Rolls

Personal information
Full name	Rebecca Jane Rolls[1]
Date of birth	22 August 1975[1]
Place of birth	Napier, New Zealand[2]
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Three Kings United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Metro F.C.
	Three Kings United
National team^‡
1994–	New Zealand	21[3]	(0)
Cricket information Batting style Right-handed[4] Role Wicketkeeper Career statistics Competition Tests ODIs Matches 1 104 Runs scored 71 2201 Batting average 71.00 25.01 100s/50s 0/1 2/12 Top score 71 114 Balls bowled - - Wickets - - Bowling average - - 5 wickets in innings - - 10 wickets in match - - Best bowling - - Catches/stumpings 1/- 89/44 Source: , 19 August 2012
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:03, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Rebecca Jane Rolls (born 22 August 1975) is a cricketer and association football player who represented New Zealand in both sports.

Cricket

Rolls had a long One Day International career, representing New Zealand in 104 matches, as well as 1 Test match. She was only the second New Zealand woman to reach the 100 ODI milestone, after Debbie Hockley. She was a wicketkeeper batsman. She played in the victorious Women's Cricket World Cup at Lincoln in 2000 and she also played for the Auckland Hearts in the State League. She was born in Napier.

Football

Rolls has played internationally for New Zealand as a goalkeeper. She made her Football Ferns debut in a 0-1 loss to Bulgaria on 24 August 1994^[5] and ended her international career with 11 caps to her credit.^[6]

Sixteen years later Rolls made a shock comeback for the national team, being called into the 2012 Cyprus Cup squad.^[7] In July 2012 she was named in the New Zealand party for the London Olympics.^[8] She also played in the final of the 2013 Valais Cup competition for New Zealand against the People's Republic of China. She was part of New Zealand's squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.^[1]

Personal life

Of Māori descent, Rolls affiliates to the Ngāti Porou iwi.^[9]

References

1. "List of Players - 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
2. Profile at NZF
3. "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
4. Rebecca Rolls at espncricinfo.com
5. "Football Ferns - Line-ups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
6. "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
7. "Rebecca Rolls in shock Football Ferns recall". The Dominion Post. 24 February 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
8. "Squad of 18 women's footballers selected for Team GB". She Kicks. 1 July 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
9. "43 Māori athletes to head to Rio Olympics". Te Karere. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.

External links

• Rebecca Rolls – FIFA competition record
• Profile at NZF
• Rebecca Rolls profile at Soccerway