Robert Henry Cotton (5 November 1909 – 17 January 1979) was an English

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er. Cotton was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm

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. He was born at Birmingham, Warwickshire. Cotton made two first-class appearances for Warwickshire against Lancashire and

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in the

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. Against Lancashire, Cotton was dismissed in Warwickshire's first-innings of 207 for a duck by

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, while in Lancashire's first-innings he opened the bowling, though went wicketless from his 25

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which conceded 80 runs. He wasn't required to bat in Warwickshire's second-innings, with the match ending in a draw. Against Sussex, he ended not out on 0 in Warwickshire's first-innings total of 216, while in Sussex's first-innings he bowled 6 wicketless overs, though he conceded just 6 runs from them. He was dismissed for a duck in Warwickshire's second-innings by George Cox, while in Sussex's second-innings he took the wickets of Robert Hunt and

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, finishing with figures of 2/42 from 13 overs. These were his only major appearances for Warwickshire. He died at Warley,

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on 17 January 1979.

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at ESPNcricinfo {{DEFAULTSORT:Cotton, Robert 1909 births 1979 deaths Cricketers from Birmingham, West Midlands English cricketers Warwickshire cricketers English cricketers of 1946 to 1968