James Richard Robertson (18 June 1844 – 6 August 1877) was an English first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | James Richard Robertson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 June 1844 Hollingbourne, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 August 1877 (aged 33) Folkestone, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | John Robertson (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 2 August 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The son of the cricketer John Robertson, he was born at Hollingbourne in June 1844.[1] He was educated at Cheltenham College, before going up to St John's College, Cambridge.[1][2] Although Robertson did not play first-class cricket for Cambridge University, he did feature in two first-class matches during his studies at Cambridge for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club at Canterbury in 1863 and 1864,[3] scoring 39 runs and bowling 18 wicketless overs across the match.[4][5] Robertson later emigrated to New South Wales,[1] where he was resident at Wooyeo, on the Lachlan, northwest of Lake Cargelligo. He later returned to England, where he died at Folkestone in August 1877.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b c Venn, John (2011). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 5. Cambridge University Press. p. 323.
- ^ Hunter, Andrew Alexander (1890). Cheltenham College Register, 1841-1889. Bell. p. 143.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by James Robertson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by James Robertson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by James Robertson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ Births. London Evening Standard. 10 August 1877. p. 1