Walter Robinson
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Walter Robinson was a first class cricketer who played 7 matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1876 to 1877 and Lancashire County Cricket Club from 1880 to 1888. He also played first class cricket for the Players (1881-1883), the Rest of England (1883), the North of England (1883), RG Barlow's XI (1883) and an England XI (1884).
He was born on November 29, 1851 in Greetland, Yorkshire and died on August 14, 1919.
A right handed batsman, he scored 3,902 runs at 19.31 with a highest score of 154 against Oxford University. His 3 other centuries were scored against Yorkshire, Middlesex and Kent. He took 52 catches and, bowling right arm, round arm medium pace, condeded 61 runs without taking a wicket.
He learnt his cricket in Yorkshire, but first played as a professional in Lancashire, with the Haslingden Club 1873 and 1874. In 1875 he was engaged by Cliffe End, Longwood, near Huddersfield and in 1876 and 1877 at Bacup. Yorkshire gave him a chance during 1876 and 1877 but he found little success. He moved to the Littleborough Club, in Lancashire, in 1878 where he stayed until 1885, qualifying to play for Lancashire CCC by residence. He played 115 matches for them from 1880 to 1888. In 1886 he was back at Haslingden for a year and then moved to Colne 1887-90, before taking up an engagement at St.Helens Recreation (Pilkingtons Glass) where he stayed until 1898. His last known engagement was at the Prescot Club.
