Robert Wilson (8 April 1916 — 10 November 2004) was a
Scottish
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*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
first-class
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er.
Wilson was born at
Edinburgh in April 1916 and was educated at the North District School. A
club cricketer for Perthshire Cricket Club, Wilson made his debut for
Scotland in
first-class cricket against
Yorkshire at
Glasgow in 1952. He made a further two first-class appearances for Scotland in that year, against
Ireland at
Paisley and
Worcestershire at
Worcester on Scotland's tour of England. Playing as a right-arm
fast-medium bowler, he took 8 wickets at an
average of 20.87, with best figures of 2 for 16. As a
lower order batsman, he scored 5 runs.
By profession, he was a sports shop manager. Wilson died at
Perth in November 2004.
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1918 births
2004 deaths
Cricketers from Edinburgh
Scottish cricketers