| Robin Thorne | |
| Fullname: | Robin Kidger Thorne |
| Birth Date: | 4 April 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
| Death Place: | Sonning, Berkshire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Role: | All-rounder |
| Club1: | Border |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 44 |
| Runs1: | 1,751 |
| Bat Avg1: | 23.66 |
| 100S/50S1: | 1/11 |
| Top Score1: | 100 |
| Deliveries1: | 10,631 |
| Wickets1: | 164 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 20.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 9 |
| Tenfor1: | 3 |
| Best Bowling1: | 8/101 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 26/– |
| Date: | 21 April |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/47595.html Cricinfo |
Robin Kidger Thorne (4 April 1930 – 20 April 2017) was a South African cricketer. He played in 44 first-class matches, mostly for Border, from 1948–49 to 1964–65.[1]
Thorne was a right-arm pace bowler and useful lower-order batsman. His best first-class bowling figures were 8 for 101 against the touring New Zealanders in 1961–62.[2] His best figures in the Currie Cup were 7 for 40 against Rhodesia in 1959–60.[3] His only century came against Orange Free State in 1962–63, when he scored exactly 100.[4]
In his first first-class match, aged 18, against the touring MCC in 1948–49, Thorne's first wicket was of Len Hutton, bowled.[4] In his last first-class match, 16 years later, also against a touring MCC team, his last first-class wicket was of Mike Brearley, also bowled.[5]
Thorne coached for many years in South Africa, much of the time in the black townships, before settling in England.[4]