LIves in Cricket No 31 - Walter Robins

Contents Introduction 5 Chapter One Early Years in Staffordshire 8 Chapter Two Highgate and East Molesey 13 Chapter Three Cambridge and Aubrey Faulkner 18 Chapter Four Test Match Debut 27 Chapter Five Part-Time Cricket 44 Chapter Six Captain of Middlesex 54 Chapter Seven To Australia with Gubby 62 Chapter Eight Captain of England 72 Chapter Nine Disappointment 78 Chapter Ten The War Years 83 Chapter Eleven A Fresh Start with Old Friends 88 Chapter Twelve The Spirit of Middlesex Undimmed 97 Chapter Thirteen Changing the Law 100 Chapter Fourteen Tour Manager and Law 26 110 Chapter Fifteen Chairman of England Selectors 121 Chapter Sixteen Final Years 130 Acknowledgements 137 Select Bibliography 138 Appendix Career Statistics 140 Index 144 3