Country: | Ireland |
Fullname: | Herbert Rollins |
Birth Date: | 29 December 1899 |
Birth Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
Death Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Club1: | Ireland |
Year1: | 1920 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 1 |
Runs1: | 11 |
Bat Avg1: | 5.50 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 8 |
Deliveries1: | 0 |
Wickets1: | – |
Bowl Avg1: | – |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | – |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
Date: | 7 November |
Year: | 2018 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ireland/content/player/24508.html Cricinfo |
Herbert Rollins (29 December 1899 - 17 June 1921) was an Irish first-class cricketer.
Rollins was born at Dublin in December 1899, where he was educated at St. Andrew's College.[1] He went up to Trinity College, Dublin in 1917, but left the following year to join the newly formed Royal Air Force in the latter stages of World War I.[1] He returned to Trinity College after the war, becoming a member of the Dublin University Cricket Club.[1] He made one appearance in first-class cricket for Ireland against Scotland at Edinburgh in 1920.[2] Opening the batting in both of Ireland's innings, he scored 3 runs in their first-innings, before being dismissed by Thomas Watt, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by the same bowler for 8 runs.[3] In just over two seasons playing club cricket for Dublin University, he was able to amass over 1,500 runs.[1] He fell ill with meningitis mid-way through the 1921 cricket season, and died in June of that year from the disease.[1] A scorebox stood in his honour in College Park until it was destroyed by fire in 1963.[1]