Robert Otto Homburg Explained

Robert Homburg
Birth Name:Robert Otto Homburg
Birth Date:31 January 1876
Children:Three
Relatives:Hermann Homburg (brother)
Occupation:Lawyer
Module:
Child:yes
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm fast-medium
Club1:South Australia
Type1:FC
Debutdate1:1 January
Debutyear1:1897
Debutfor1:South Australia
Debutagainst1:Victoria
Lastdate1:3 April
Lastyear1:1899
Lastfor1:South Australia
Lastagainst1:Western Australia
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:2
Runs1:21
Bat Avg1:7.00
Top Score1:10
Deliveries1:162
Wickets1:3
Bowl Avg1:16.33
Best Bowling1:3/18
100S/50S1:0/0
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Catches/Stumpings1:0/–
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/5861.html Cricinfo
Date:23 April
Year:2019

Robert Otto Homburg (31 January 1876 – 21 October 1948) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Burra Burra from 1912 to 1915 representing the Liberal Union.[1] He resigned in 1915 to devote more time to the legal practice that both he and Hermann Homburg were partners in. He had also been the subject of "gross slanders" about his loyalty, due to their father having immigrated from Germany.[2] [3]

Homburg was an alderman in the Adelaide City Council for many years.[4]

In his twenties, Homburg had been a member of the South Australian cricket team on two occasions. The first was a Sheffield Shield match between Victoria and South Australia played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 1–5 January 1897.[5] The second was a first-class match between Western Australia and South Australia at the Western Australia Cricket Association Ground on 3–6 April 1899.[6]

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  1. 3832 . Robert Homburg . yes . 20 August 2022.
  2. Homburg, Hermann Robert (1874–1964) . Ian . Harmstorf . 9 . 1983 . homburg-hermann-robert-7069 . 23 April 2019.
  3. News: A Loyal Subject. . . XXII . 1936 . South Australia . 17 March 1915 . 23 April 2019 . 6 . Trove.
  4. News: MR. R. HOMBURG DEAD . . 91 . 28095 . South Australia . 23 October 1948 . 23 April 2019 . 2 . Trove.
  5. Web site: Victoria v South Australia Sheffield Shield 1896/97 . 23 April 2019 . Cricket Archive.
  6. Web site: Western Australia v South Australia Other First-Class matches in Australia 1898/99 . 23 April 2019 . Cricket Archive.