Robert Irving Newton (born 18 January 1990) is an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. He is an aggressive right-handed top order batsman. Newton enjoyed a prolific cricket record while at school and was tipped by The Wisden Cricketer as 'one to watch'.Radd, Andrew. (24 June 2009) Enjoyment for Rob as Test stars fall short Northants Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 5 August 2010. He made his Northamptonshire first-team debut in 2009.
Early life Although born in Taunton, he moved from Somerset at an early age to Norfolk.Cuffley, David. (10 October 2005) "Rob and Bud England's likely lads" Norwich Evening News. Retrieved 31 July 2010. He first recalled playing cricket in the back garden aged four or five. From there he attend Taverham Hall School before boarding at Framlingham College in Suffolk.Individual pupils performing at an elite level framlinghamcollege.co.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2010. He made his senior club cricket debut for Swardeston in the 2003 season, aged just 13, scoring five runs.Swardeston v Mildenhall CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2010. After an impressive schools career which included averaging 94.70 as a 15-year-old at Framlingham and also a double century against the MCC,Results archive – 2007 schoolscricketonline.co.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2010. he was awarded a place on the Northants Academy in 2005. From there he regularly played for Northamptonshire under-17's and then from the age of 19, the second XI.Other matches played by Rob Newton (28) CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2010. Also during this period, he played for England under-17s and captained Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) under-18s.
Career Newton made his one-day debut for Northamptonshire aged 19 in September 2009 against Middlesex scoring seven.Scoreboard: Middlesex v Northamptonshire in 2009 CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 July 2010. In 2010 people began to take note of his ability after an impressive performance in scoring his maiden one-day fifty against EssexNorthants downed by Essexs Ravi Bopara BBC Sport. 25 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-31. and decent scores in his debut first-class game against Worcestershire when a lot of others around him failed. He scored his first first-class century against Leicestershire in the final game of the 2010 season.
In August 2012 he achieved the feat of scoring a century in each innings against Derbyshire. His highest first-class score to date came in August 2016, with 202 not out against Leicestershire.
In May 2017, he scored his first century in List A cricket, when he made 107 for Northamptonshire against Worcestershire in the 2017 Royal London One-Day Cup.
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