Robin Eliot

{{short description|English cricketer and racing horse owner}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Robin Francis Eliot

| birth_date = 7 March 1942

| birth_place = Gloucester, Gloucestershire,
England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2017|2|10|1942|3|7}}

| death_place = Crowborough, Sussex,
England

| nickname =

| family =

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Left-arm medium

| role =

| club1 = Oxford University

| year1 = 1961

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 55

| bat avg1 = 27.50

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 30

| deliveries1 = 306

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 140.00

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 1/70

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 22 June

| year = 2019

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/12639.html Cricinfo

}}

Robin Francis Eliot (7 March 1942 – 10 February 2017) was an English first-class cricketer and racing horse owner.

Eliot was born at Gloucester in March 1942. He was educated at Radley College, before going up to Lincoln College, Oxford.{{cite book |title=The Old Radleian |date=2017 |publisher=Radleian Society |page=151 |url=https://issuu.com/radleycollege/docs/old_radleian_2017_web |language=en}} While studying at Oxford he made two appearances in first-class cricket in 1961. The first came for Oxford University against Leicestershire at Oxford, while the second came for L. C. Stevens' XI against Cambridge University at Eastbourne.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29252/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Robin Eliot |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-06-22 |url-access=subscription}} After graduating from Oxford, he joined Lloyd's of London as an aviation underwriter, before running his own company from 1977–94. He had a keen interest in horse racing, owning National Hunt horses, including Deep Sensation which won the Queen Mother Champion Chase in 1993. He died in February 2017.