Lancelot Robinson Explained

Lancelot Robinson
Country:England
Fullname:Lancelot Charles Digby Robinson
Birth Date:23 October 1905
Birth Place:England
Death Place:Quetta, Baluchistan, British India
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm slow
Role:Batsman
Club1:Marylebone Cricket Club
Year1:1934
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:1
Runs1:39
Bat Avg1:39.00
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:39
Hidedeliveries:true
Catches/Stumpings1:0/ -
Date:20 April
Year:2023
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Players/32/32446/32446.html CricketArchive

Lancelot Charles Digby Robinson (23 October 1905 – 31 May 1935) was an English first-class cricketer. Robinson was educated at Bedford School and played as an all-rounder for their cricket XI, topping their bowling averages in 1922. He moved in 1924 to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. It was then that he also started playing for Bedfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship.[1]

His only first-class appearance came in 1934, against Ireland at College Park, Dublin. Playing for the Marylebone Cricket Club, Robinson came in at eight in the batting order and was his side's second top scorer with 39 runs, in what would be his only innings.[2]

A captain with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Robinson was killed, along with his wife, in the 1935 Quetta earthquake.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Teams Lancelot Robinson played for. CricketArchive.
  2. Web site: Ireland v Marylebone Cricket Club. CricketArchive.
  3. Web site: Obituaries in 1935. Wisden.