Clayton Graeme Wynne Robson (3 July 1901 – 25 February 1989) was an Indian-born English

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er who played six matches: two for

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in 1921, then four for

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in 1926.

Life

Robson was born in

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in the

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and went to school at

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in England. He played cricket for Malvern, captaining the school side in his final year and then went on to the

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, and was again cricket captain.''Obituaries in 1989.''

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, 1990. Robson hit 5 and 46 on his debut against Hampshire, and was retained for the county's next game, against

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. Robson scored 9 and 43, but then dropped out of the side. He was not to reappear in

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for another five years, but then played four times for Middlesex. In six innings for the county he scored only 33 runs with a highest score of only 12, and by August he was again dropped from the side, never again to return to the first-class game. Outside cricket, he was a fine

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player, winning the Public School's rackets pairs in 1920 with Jack Deed. Robson died in Long Melford in

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in 1989 at the age of 87.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Robson, Clayton 1901 births 1989 deaths English cricketers Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Middlesex cricketers People educated at Malvern College People from Bareilly Worcestershire cricketers British people in colonial India