LIves in Cricket No 31 - Walter Robins

Career Statistics 1935 25 37 4 772 108 23.39 1 3 17 1936 24 34 3 863 77 27.83 - 6 13 1936/37 (Australia) 12 16 0 297 61 18.56 - 2 4 1937 29 42 5 1076 87 29.08 - 7 23 1938 28 41 3 989 137 26.02 1 4 11 1939 4 6 0 137 84 22.83 - 1 - 1945 3 5 0 58 33 11.60 - - 2 1946 31 46 1 1397 129 31.04 3 6 8 1947 21 31 0 708 68 22.83 - 3 13 1948 17 22 0 735 101 33.40 1 3 10 1949 13 23 2 552 68 26.28 - 4 14 1950 11 17 1 308 58 19.25 - 1 6 1951 (Canada) 1 2 0 63 57 31.50 - 1 1 1951 (England) 2 4 0 16 16 4.00 - - - 1952 3 5 1 62 25 15.50 - - - 1954 1 2 1 1 1* 1.00 - - 1 1958 (Ireland) 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 - - - Totals 379 565 39 13884 140 26.39 11 73 217 Notes: Robins was dismissed 238 times caught (45%); 205 times bowled (39%); 37 times stumped (7%, an unusually high proportion); 26 times lbw (5%); 18 times run out (4%) and twice hit wicket. He was dismissed most often by T.W.J.Goddard, fifteen times, and by A.R.Gover, T.F.Smailes and A.P.Freeman eight times. He played 258 matches for Middlesex, scoring 9,337 runs at 26.37 and taking 137 catches. First-Class Cricket: Bowling Season O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m 1926 10 4 13 2 2-7 6.50 - - 1927 112 17 440 6 2-4 73.33 - - 1928 761.5 101 2654 90 6-61 29.48 3 - 1929 1154.4 156 3489 162 8-69 21.53 9 1 1929/30 (Argentina) 119.4 24 335 28 6-40 11.96 3 2 1930 383.1 51 1195 53 6-73 22.54 5 - 1931 204 26 616 24 5-26 25.66 1 - 1932 215.1 33 585 32 6-45 18.28 3 - 1933 311.1 39 947 36 7-36 26.30 3 - 1934 411.4 53 1244 42 5-39 29.61 2 - 1935 503.3 86 1456 80 6-39 18.20 7 - 1936 533.1 107 1553 82 8-105 18.93 5 - 1936/37 (Australia) 154.3 8 638 16 4-63 39.87 - - 1937 662.2 97 1980 99 6-40 20.00 5 - 1938 470.3 66 1705 68 7-77 25.07 3 - 1939 55.7 4 221 11 6-86 20.09 1 - 1945 58.3 2 250 8 4-70 31.25 - - 1946 373.4 42 1171 48 7-71 24.39 4 1 1947 224.1 39 687 26 4-37 26.42 - - 1948 117 17 395 13 3-50 30.38 - - 1949 109 15 391 14 3-36 27.92 - - 1950 61.4 11 252 13 4-17 19.38 - - 1951 (Canada) 29.2 2 75 5 3-62 15.00 - - 1951 (England) 31 3 86 2 1-25 43.00 - - 1952 46 6 157 4 2-40 39.25 - - 1954 15 6 38 4 4-27 9.50 - - 1958 (Ireland) 3 0 7 1 1-7 7.00 - - 141