Douglas Robinson (English cricketer)
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| 1905–1926 | Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||
| 1908 | Essex | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 4 December 2023 | |||||||||||||||
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]
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
lieutenant-colonel
.
He later bred cows at Ham Court Farm near Cheltenham and died there in 1963.
References
- Notes
- ^ "Douglas Robinson Cricket Archive".
- ^ "Douglas Robinson Cigarette Card".
- ^ "The Cricket Family Robinson".
- ^ "No. 27417". The London Gazette. 18 March 1902. p. 1886.
- Sources
- Douglas Robinson at CricketArchive (subscription required)