Robin Martin-Jenkins
{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2014}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Robin Martin-Jenkins
| image =
| imagesize =
| country = England
| fullname = Robin Simon Christopher Martin-Jenkins
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|10|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Guildford, Surrey, England
| heightft = 6
| heightinch = 5
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium pace
| club1 = Sussex
| year1 = 1994–2010
| club2 = British Universities
| year2 = 1996
| clubnumber1 =
| columns = 3
| column1 = FC
| matches1 = 162
| runs1 = 6520
| bat avg1 = 31.04
| 100s/50s1 = 3/35
| top score1 = 205*
| deliveries1 = 21886
| wickets1 = 384
| bowl avg1 = 32.83
| fivefor1 = 6
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 7/51
| catches/stumpings1 = 46/–
| column2 = LA
| matches2 = 208
| runs2 = 1865
| bat avg2 = 15.04
| 100s/50s2 = –/3
| top score2 = 68*
| deliveries2 = 9104
| wickets2 = 219
| bowl avg2 = 29.49
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor2 = –
| best bowling2 = 4/22
| catches/stumpings2 = 43/–
| column3 = T20
| matches3 = 31
| runs3 = 205
| bat avg3 = 14.64
| 100s/50s3 = –/1
| top score3 = 56*
| deliveries3 = 625
| wickets3 = 24
| bowl avg3 = 32.54
| fivefor3 = –
| tenfor3 = –
| best bowling3 = 4/20
| catches/stumpings3 = 10/–
| date = 22 January
| year = 2009
| source = http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/17946.html
}}
Robin Simon Christopher Martin-Jenkins (born 28 October 1975) is an English former cricketer who played for Sussex County Cricket Club and British Universities. He is {{convert|6|ft|5|in}} tall. He is the son of cricket writer and journalist Christopher Martin-Jenkins,{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/sussex/1368982.stm|title=BBC SPORT – SUSSEX – A critic in the family|work=bbc.co.uk|date=4 June 2001 |access-date=2 July 2015}} and as such has been nicknamed RMJ{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/1536961.stm|title=BBC SPORT – COUNTIES – RMJ hits top notes|work=bbc.co.uk|date=12 September 2001 |access-date=2 July 2015}} (a reference to his father CMJ).
Early life
Martin-Jenkins was educated at Radley College and was in the same college house at the same time as cricketers Andrew Strauss and Ben Hutton. These three were among other successes in the first batch of 1997 at Durham University's Centre of Excellence for Cricket, which was led by former test batsman Graeme Fowler.{{cite web|url=http://www.dur.ac.uk/pr.office/738crick.htm|title=Cricket chiefs view success at the Centre of Excellence|date=21 November 1997|publisher=Durham University|work=Centre of Excellence for Cricket|access-date=17 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040927185708/http://www.dur.ac.uk/pr.office/738crick.htm |archive-date= 27 September 2004}}{{cite book| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=QVCvtcUo4Y0C&q=robin+martin+jenkins&pg=PA227| title= Physical Education and Sport in Independent Schools| last1= Tozer| first1=Malcolm| page= 227 |date=2012| publisher= John Catt Educational| isbn= 9781908095442|access-date=2 July 2015}} Strauss said that he was helped by Hutton and Martin-Jenkins, as he "gained confidence from the fact that I was not the only person who was prepared to take the risk of jumping off the City-bound conveyer belt."{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=oEyIUCLD790C&q=robin+martin+jenkins&pg=PT9| title= Andrew Strauss: Coming into Play – My Life in Test Cricket|last1=Strauss| first1= Andrew| author-link1=Andrew Strauss| date=2006 | publisher= Hodder & Stoughton| isbn= 9781444709124| access-date=2 July 2015}}
Cricket career
Martin-Jenkins played his entire first-class career for Sussex, except for one first-class match for British Universities in 1996.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6977/6977.html|title=The Home of CricketArchive|work=cricketarchive.com|access-date=2 July 2015}} He scored his maiden first-class century in 2001, and in 2002, he and Mark Davis scored a record eighth-wicket partnership for Sussex of 291, and Martin-Jenkins also hit his career best score of 205*.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2002/jul/22/cricket.somersetccc|title=Martin-Jenkins at double|author=Paul Weaver|work=The Guardian|date=22 July 2002 |access-date=2 July 2015}} As of 2015, this is still the highest eighth-wicket partnership for Sussex.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Sussex/Partnership_Records/Highest_Partnership_Each_Wicket_For.html|title=The Home of CricketArchive|work=cricketarchive.com|access-date=2 July 2015}} He was a prominent member of both the 2003, 2006 and 2007 County Championship winning teams; in 2011, Steve James writing in the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack described Martin-Jenkins and James Kirtley (who also retired in 2010) as "consistent and reliable performers who are role models and guardians of a team ethos that can endure."{{cite book| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=w-dvppTiQQUC&q=robin+martin-jenkins+rmj&pg=PT97| title= The Shorter Wisden 2011: Selected writing from Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2011| publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing| date=2011 | isbn= 9781408196991| access-date=2 July 2015}} He described Martin-Jenkins as "the most solid of all-rounders".
Retirement and post-retirement
In July 2010, Martin-Jenkins announced his retirement at Hove on 19 July 2010, in order to become a teacher.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/sussex/8706085.stm|title=BBC Sport – Cricket – Sussex's Robin Martin-Jenkins announces retirement|work=bbc.co.uk|date=26 May 2010 |access-date=2 July 2015}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/may/26/robin-martin-jenkins-sussex-hurstpierpoint|title=Robin Martin-Jenkins to leave Sussex for new career in teaching|work=The Guardian|date=26 May 2010 |access-date=2 July 2015}} In his final season, he averaged 62.90 with the bat, and took 30 wickets at an average of under 20 runs per wicket. He taught at Hurstpierpoint College, and in 2014 he moved to Harrow School, where he teaches Geography and is the house master of Moretons.{{cite web|url=http://sport.harrowschool.org.uk/Contact.asp?Id=132|title=Harrow School Sports contacts|work=Harrow School Sports Department website|access-date=8 July 2015}}
In 2015, St Bede's School opened a new stand in memory of Christopher Martin-Jenkins, and Robin Martin-Jenkins rang the bell to signal the start of play.{{cite web|url=http://www.sussexlife.co.uk/out-about/bede_s_cricket_pavilion_opening_honours_christopher_martin_jenkins_1_4065034|title=Bede's Cricket Pavilion opening honours Christopher Martin-Jenkins|author=PROMOTIONAL FEATURE|work=Sussex Life|access-date=2 July 2015}}
References
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External links
- {{cricinfo|ref=england/content/player/17946.html}}
- {{cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Players/6/6977/6977.html}}
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Category:Cricketers from Guildford
Category:NBC Denis Compton Award recipients
Category:People educated at Radley College