Country: | England |
Fullname: | Robin Francis Eliot |
Birth Date: | 7 March 1942 |
Birth Place: | Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England |
Death Place: | Crowborough, Sussex, England |
Batting: | Left-handed |
Bowling: | Left-arm medium |
Club1: | Oxford University |
Year1: | 1961 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 2 |
Runs1: | 55 |
Bat Avg1: | 27.50 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 30 |
Deliveries1: | 306 |
Wickets1: | 1 |
Bowl Avg1: | 140.00 |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | 1/70 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
Date: | 22 June |
Year: | 2019 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/12639.html Cricinfo |
Robin Francis Eliot (7 March 1942 - 10 February 2017) was an English first-class cricketer and racing horse owner.
Eliot was born at Gloucester in March 1942. He was educated at Radley College, before going up to Lincoln College, Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford he made two appearances in first-class cricket in 1961. The first came for Oxford University against Leicestershire at Oxford, while the second came for L. C. Stevens' XI against Cambridge University at Eastbourne.[2] After graduating from Oxford, he joined Lloyd's of London as an aviation underwriter, before running his own company from 1977 - 94.[1] He had a keen interest in horse racing, owning National Hunt horses, including Deep Sensation which won the Queen Mother Champion Chase in 1993.[1] He died in February 2017.