Robert Victor Charles Robins (13 March 1935 – 13 January 2024) was an English cricket player and administrator and insurance executive.
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| Full name | Robert Victor Charles Robins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 March 1935 Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 January 2024 (aged 88) Kingston upon Thames, London England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Walter Robins (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1953 to 1960 | Middlesex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Life and career
editCharles Robins was born in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, the eldest son of Walter Robins, who played Test cricket for England in the 1930s.[1]
Educated at Eton College, he was a successful schoolboy cricketer and captained the First XI in 1953.[2] He played first-class cricket for Middlesex as a right-handed batsman and a leg-break-googly bowler between 1953 and 1960, and later captained the county Second XI.[1]
Robins' best first-class bowling figures were 7 for 78 in Middlesex's victory over Cambridge University in 1954.[3] In the County Championship his best figures were 6 for 40 against Yorkshire in 1958.[4]
Robins followed his father onto the Middlesex General Committee and gave many years of distinguished service. He was the County's Chairman of Cricket for 13 years and he succeeded Michael Sturt as the County Chairman (1994–1996). He was inducted into the Middlesex County Cricket Club Hall of Fame. He served as the President of the County Club for two years (2005–2007).[5] He also led a successful insurance career with Stafford Knight for many years.
Robins died at Kingston Hospital in Kingston upon Thames, on 13 January 2024, at the age of 88.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Charles Robins passes away aged 88". Middlesex CCC. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ Wisden 1954, p. 745.
- ^ "Cambridge University v Middlesex 1954". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ^ "Yorkshire v Middlesex 1958". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ^ "Middlesex County Cricket Club Hall of Fame". Middlesex County Cricket Club. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
External links
edit- Charles Robins at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Charles Robins at ESPNcricinfo