Shane Andrew Robinson (born 24 August 1967) is a former

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er from New Zealand. He played 45 first-class and 39

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between the 1984–85 and 1996–97 seasons.Shane Robinson

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. Retrieved 22 May 2016. Robinson was born at Dunedin in 1967.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 115. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
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at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) A wicket-keeper, he played for Otago age-group teams and for the New Zealand under-19 side during the 1984–85 season before making his representative debut for Otago in February 1985, towards the end of the domestic season. Playing as a specialist batsman, he made scores of two and 19 during the match, but with

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the incumbent wicket-keeper did not make another appearance for the provincial side until the 1987–88 season.Seconi A (2019
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'', 26 October 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2023.Shane Robinson
CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 December 2023. Kept out of the side by Lees, Robinson played age-group and Second XI matches and, in 1985–86, toured Australia with New Zealand Young Cricketers, playing in all three unofficial Test matches and all three youth

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s on the tour. Apart from a single List A appearance during 1987–88, again playing as a specialist batsman, he did not play for Otago again until the 1989–90 season when, following Lees' retirement, he became the first-choice wicket-keeper for the side. Otago won the Plunket Shield in his first season as first-choice keeper, and Robinson played for the side until the 1996–97 season, playing regularly until the end of the 1995–96 season. Primarily known for his wicket-keeping rather than as a batsman, he was involved in over 150 dismissals for Otago and retired with the fifth most wicket-keeping dismissals in first-class cricket for the province. He scored almost 1,427 first-class runs for Otago, making a half-century six times―is highest score of 93 coming against Canterbury in his final season as first-choice 'keeper. Since retiring as a professional, Robinson has worked in the real-estate industry. He continued to play club cricket for Green Island in Dunedin and was on the board of the

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, serving as its chairman between 2019 and 2023. He was made a life-member of the Association in 2023.McMurran (2008
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'', 14 August 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2023.

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