Kenneth Robinson (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer and Royal Navy officer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

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| country = England

| fullname = Kenneth Mark Lefebre Robinson

| birth_date = 16 February 1897

| birth_place = South Stoneham, Hampshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1963|1|9|1897|2|16}}

| death_place = Alverstoke, Hampshire, England

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 14

| bat avg1 = 7.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 13

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| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 22 September

| year = 2019

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/19778.html Cricinfo

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Kenneth Mark Lefebre Robinson (16 February 1897 – 9 January 1963) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer.

Robinson was born in Hampshire at South Stoneham in February 1897. He served in the Royal Navy in the First World War, during which he was promoted from the rank of midshipman to sub-lieutenant in December 1916.{{London Gazette|issue=29865|date=15 December 1916|page=12230}} In the closing stages of the war, he was promoted from the rank of acting lieutenant to lieutenant in June 1918.{{London Gazette|issue=30759|date=21 June 1918|page=7322}} He was later promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander in January 1926.{{London Gazette|issue=33125|date=19 January 1926|page=460}} The following year he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Royal Navy against the touring New Zealanders at Portsmouth in 1927.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32445/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Kenneth Robinson |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-25 |url-access=subscription}} Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 13 runs in the Royal Navy first-innings by Bill Cunningham, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for a single run by Ernest Bernau.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12259.html |title=Royal Navy v New Zealanders, 1927 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-25 |url-access=subscription}} Robinson was promoted to the rank of commander in December 1931,{{London Gazette|issue=33785|date=29 December 1931|page=15|supp=y}} before being loaned to the Royal Australian Navy from 1932–34.{{cite web|url=https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/475614 |title=Robinson, Kenneth Mark Lefebre |date=16 October 2002 |publisher=National Archives of Australia |accessdate=2019-09-25}} Returning to the Royal Navy, he served aboard {{HMS|Colombo|D89|6}} as its acting captain from December 1944 to mid–1945.{{cite web|url=https://uboat.net/allies/commanders/2144.html |title=Kenneth Mark Lefebre Robinson, RN |publisher=www.uboat.net |accessdate=2019-09-25}} He retired from active service in March 1947.{{London Gazette|issue=37923|date=4 April 1947|page=1546}} Robinson died in January 1963 at Alverstoke, Hampshire.