George Luther Robinson (22 February 1873 – 23 March 1930) was an English

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er. Robinson was a right-handed batsman who bowled

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. He was born in Ruddington,

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. Robinson made his first-class debut for

against

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in the

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. During the 1896 season, he represented the county in 4 further first-class matches, the last of which came against

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. In his 5 first-class matches, he scored 58 runs at a batting average of 8.28, with a high score of 17. In the field he took 2

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. With the ball he took a single wicket at a

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of 24.00, with best figures of 1/14.First-class Bowling For Each Team by George Robinson
/ref> He died at

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on 23 March 1930.

Family

His nephew

Ellis Robinson Ellis Pembroke Robinson (10 August 1911 – 10 November 1998) was an English first-class cricketer who took over 1,000 first-class wickets for Yorkshire from 1934 to 1949, and Somerset from 1950 to 1952. Early life Robinson was born in Denab ...

played first-class cricket for

and

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References

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