Richard Robinson (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

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| country = England

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| fullname = Richard John Robinson

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1950|5|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ipswich, Suffolk, England

| death_date = 20 March 2002 (aged 51)

| death_place = Ipswich, Suffolk, England

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium-fast

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| club1 = Suffolk

| year1 = 1968–1989

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| columns = 1

| column1 = List A

| matches1 = 8

| runs1 = 95

| bat avg1 = 15.83

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 40*

| deliveries1 = 432

| wickets1 = 8

| bowl avg1 = 35.75

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 3/59

| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–

| date = 11 July

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/19917.html Cricinfo

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Richard John Robinson (5 May 1950 – 20 March 2002) was an English cricketer. Robinson was a hard hitting right-handed batsman{{cite news|url=http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/sport/norman_fears_for_club_cricket_s_future_1_127219|title=Norman fears for club cricket's future|date=14 June 2002|work=Evening Star|accessdate=11 July 2011}} who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Ipswich, Suffolk.

Robinson made his debut for Suffolk in the 1968 Minor Counties Championship against Norfolk. Robinson played Minor counties cricket for Suffolk from 1968 to 1989, which included 95 Minor Counties Championship appearances{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34818/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Richard Robinson|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=11 July 2011}} and 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34818/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Richard Robinson|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=11 July 2011}} He made his List A debut against Sussex in the 1978 Gillette Cup. He made 7 further List A appearances, the last of which came against Northamptonshire in the 1989 NatWest Trophy.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34818/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Richard Robinson|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=11 July 2011}} In his 8 List A matches, he scored 95 runs at an average of 15.83, with a high score of 40 not out.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34818/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Richard Robinson|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=11 July 2011}} With the ball, he took 8 wickets at a bowling average of 35.75, with best figures of 3/59.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34818/a_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=List A Bowling For Each Team by Richard Robinson|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=11 July 2011}}

He died in the town of his birth on 20 March 2002.