sport.wikisort.org - Athlete

Search / Calendar

Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Charles Robinson was British army officer and a first-class cricketer who captained Gloucestershire. He also played for Essex, Marylebone Cricket Club and for the amateur Gentlemen and England XI teams.[1][2]

Douglas Robinson
Personal information
Full nameDouglas Charles Robinson
Born(1884-04-20)20 April 1884
Lawrence Weston, Bristol, England
Died29 July 1963(1963-07-29) (aged 79)
Ham Court Farm, Gloucestershire, England
Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman, wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Essex County Cricket Club, Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class cricket
Matches 155
Runs scored 4376
Batting average 17.29
100s/50s 1/16
Top score 150*
Balls bowled
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 123/39

Family and cricket


Robinson was born in 1883 at Lawrence Weston House near Bristol, and educated at Marlborough College. His father was Gloucestershire player Arthur Robinson and his grandfather was Elisha Smith Robinson. Many of his relations were prominent cricketers.[3]


Military career


He attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and was commissioned as a Second lieutenant in the 3rd (militia) Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment on 19 March 1902.[4] He fought in World War I with the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), and became a lieutenant-colonel.

He later bred cows at Ham Court Farm near Cheltenham and died there in 1963.


References


Notes
Sources



Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.

Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.

2019-2025
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии