Robert Samuel Minton (4 January 1899 – 3 August 1928) was an English

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er. Minton's

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style is unknown. He was born at

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, and was educated at

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. Minton made a single first-class appearance for

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against

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at the

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, in the 1919 County Championship. Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to bat first, posting a total of 410. In reply, Sussex could only manage 125, with Minton making 24 runs before he was dismissed by Albert Wright. His score was the second highest individual score in Sussex's innings. Forced to

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, Sussex improved in their second-innings to make 365, though Minton himself was dismissed without scoring by William Wells. Northamptonshire went on to win the match by 8 wickets, in what was Minton's only major appearance for Sussex. He committed suicide near Three Bridges in

on 3 August 1928, having thrown himself from the first-class compartment of a train on the

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. He had up to that point been employed as a

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Minton, Robert 1899 births 1928 suicides 1928 deaths Cricketers from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea People from Kensington People educated at Brighton College English cricketers Sussex cricketers British police officers Suicides by train Suicides in England