Robin Marlar
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| Full name | Robin Geoffrey Marlar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
1 February 1931 Eastbourne, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm off-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1951–1953 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1951–1968 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricket Archive, 6 February 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robin Geoffrey Marlar (born 2 January 1931 in Eastbourne, Sussex) was an English cricketer and cricket journalist. He was educated at Harrow and Cambridge.
Marlar played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, winning a blue in 1951, 1952 and 1953 (when he captained Cambridge to victory over Oxford),[1] and Sussex between 1951 and 1968. An innovative off-break bowler, he took 970 wickets in 289 matches at an average of 25.22, with a personal best of 9/46 against Lancashire at Hove in 1955. He was a "shrewd and skilful" captain of Sussex between 1955 and 1959.[2] He remains only one of five native-born cricketers to hold this post.
He had a successful journalistic career as an outspoken cricket correspondent of The Sunday Times, and wrote the illustrated history The Story of Cricket (1979).[3]
He was a parliamentary candidate for the Referendum Party.[4] He was appointed as the President of Sussex CCC for 2005 and President of MCC for 2005/2006.
References
- ↑ Wisden 1954, pp. 285-87.
- ↑ http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17328.html
- ↑ Wisden 1980, p. 1222.
- ↑ Newbury by-election 1993
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| Preceded by Hubert Doggart |
Sussex county cricket captain 1955–1959 |
Succeeded by Ted Dexter |
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