Robin Gerard Jefferson (born 18 August 1941) is a New Zealand former

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er and lawn bowls player. Jefferson was born at Christchurch in 1941. He made his representative debut for the Southland cricket team duding the 1965–66 season, playing in the Hawke Cup for the side before going on to make his first-class cricket debut for

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later in the season. He played in Otago's final two Plunket Shield matches of the season and was played for Otago's B team the following season without being recalled to the representative side.Robin Jefferson
CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 November 2023. By the 1967–68 season, Jefferson had moved to Wellington and played for the provincial B team during the season. He made three further first-class appearances for Wellington during the 1969–70 season and went on to play Hawke Cup cricket for Hutt Valley during the early 1970s. He scored a total of 94 runs in his five first-class matches with a highest score of 26 not out. As a lawn bowler Jefferson was more successful, winning the New Zealand national pairs competition.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 73. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
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at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) His son, Mark Jefferson played representative cricket for Wellington and Northern Districts and rugby union for Poverty Bay.

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