Arthur Robinson (cricketer, born 1855)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1855|6|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bristol

| death_date = {{death date and age|1913|2|24|1855|6|22|df=yes}}

| death_place = Lawrence Weston, Gloucestershire

| batting = Right-handed

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| club1 = Gloucestershire

| year1 = 1878

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| date = 4 April 2014

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/19759.html Cricinfo

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Arthur Robinson (22 June 1855 – 24 February 1913) was an English cricketer. He played three matches for Gloucestershire in 1878.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/19759.html |title=Arthur Robinson |access-date=4 April 2014 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He was the son of Elisha Smith Robinson and the father of Douglas Robinson. He joined E. S. & A. Robinson in 1874 and with his brother Edward steered it towards becoming a limited company. His priority was always the business over County Cricket.{{Cite web|url=http://www.binson.co.uk/robinsons/robinsons.htm |publisher =ES&A Robinson, Bernard Darwin |title=Robinsons of Bristol, 1945, p. 30.}} In 1874 he made a substantial donation to Marlborough College to enable the building of the cricket pavilion.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/marlboroughcoll00collgoog/marlboroughcoll00collgoog_djvu.txt| title=Marlborough College register.}} He was the President of the Grateful Society in 1893.{{cite web |title= Grateful Society |url= http://www.gratefulsociety.org/past_18.php |access-date= 25 April 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120219132741/http://www.gratefulsociety.org/past_18.php |archive-date= 19 February 2012 |url-status= dead }}