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Full name | James Richard Robertson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 18 June 1844 Hollingbourne, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 August 1877 Folkestone, Kent, England | (aged 33)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | John Robertson (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cricinfo, 2 August 2020 |
James Richard Robertson (18 June 1844 – 6 August 1877) was an English first-class cricketer.
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]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | James Richard Robertson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 18 June 1844 Hollingbourne, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 August 1877 Folkestone, Kent, England | (aged 33)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | John Robertson (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 2 August 2020 |
James Richard Robertson (18 June 1844 – 6 August 1877) was an English first-class cricketer.
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]