Reginald Stanley Collins (12 December 1885 – 1957) was an Australian-born
English
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first-class cricketer and civil servant.
Collins was born in Darlinghurst, an inner suburb of
Sydney
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, the son of Thomas, an accountant, and Emma (née Charlton). His younger brother Herbie would play
Test cricket
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for
Australia
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. He later emigrated to England, gaining employment in the
Civil Service
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first-class cricket
First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...
Chiswick
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in 1927. Batting twice during the match, he scored 11 runs in the Civil Service first-innings before being dismissed by
Cyril Allcott
Cyril Francis Walter Allcott (7 October 1896 – 19 November 1973) was a New Zealand Test cricketer who played in six Test matches for the New Zealand national cricket team between 1930 and 1932.without scoring by Matt Henderson. He took 2 wickets in the New Zealanders first-innings, dismissing Charlie Oliver and
Bill Bernau
Ernest Henry Lovell "Bill" Bernau (6 April 1896 – 7 January 1966) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1914–15 to 1927–28, and accompanied the New Zealand national cricket team on their tour of Englan ...
, taking figures of 2 for 47.
He later took up duties with the
Board of Trade
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in 1934. Shortly after he moved to the newly formed
Unemployment Assistance Board
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. He died at
Kettering
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