Walter Robins
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Walter Robins England (Eng) |
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Batting style | Right-handed batsman (RHB) | |
Bowling type | Leg break | |
Tests | First-class | |
Matches | 19 | 379 |
Runs scored | 612 | 13884 |
Batting average | 26.60 | 26.39 |
100s/50s | 1/4 | 11/73 |
Top score | 108 | 140 |
Balls bowled | 3318 | 43215 |
Wickets | 64 | 969 |
Bowling average | 27.46 | 23.30 |
5 wickets in innings | 1 | 54 |
10 wickets in match | 0 | 4 |
Best bowling | 6/32 | 8/69 |
Catches/stumpings | 12/0 | 102/0 |
Test debut: 29 June 1929 |
Robert Walter Vivian Robins (3 June 1906 - 12 December 1968) was a dynamic English cricketer and footballer.
Walter Robins was born in Stafford and was educated at Highgate School and Cambridge University. He played football for Nottingham Forest and first-class cricket for Middlesex, Cambridge University and England. He was a useful right-handed batsman and a capable leg-break bowler, who played in 258 first-class matches for the county, taking 669 wickets at an average of 22.28, with a personal best of 8/69. He was an adventurous captain who was prepared to take risks, in order to gain a positive result. He captained Middlesex CCC during three spells (1935-1938, 1946-1947 and 1950) and led them to the County Championship in 1947.
Robins was named one of Wisden's Cricketers of the Year in 1930.
Robins captained England for the three Test series at home to New Zealand in 1937, winning it 1-0. He later became Chairman of the England Test Selectors.
He died in Marylebone, following a long illness, aged 62.
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Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by G.O.B.Allen |
English national cricket captain 1937 |
Succeeded by W.R.Hammond |
Preceded by H.J.Enthoven and N.E.Haig |
Middlesex cricket captain 1936–1938 |
Succeeded by I.A.R.Peebles |
Preceded by I.A.R.Peebles |
Middlesex cricket captain 1946–1947 |
Succeeded by F.G.Mann |
Preceded by F.G.Mann |
Middlesex cricket captain 1950 |
Succeeded by D.C.S.Compton and W.J.Edrich |
Categories: English international cricketer stubs | 1906 births | 1968 deaths | Cambridge University cricketers | English Test cricketers | English cricket captains | English cricketers | English footballers | Middlesex cricket captains | Middlesex cricketers | Nottingham Forest F.C. players | Wisden Cricketers of the Year | People from Stafford