Lives in Cricket No 38 - Lionel Robinson

Contents Foreword 5 Introduction 8 Chapter One The early life of Lionel Robinson – 12 a globetrotter makes his fortune Chapter Two Robinson comes to Norfolk – 21 tentative beginnings as a ‘rabbit’ Chapter Three Putting Old Buckenham Hall on the 37 cricketing map – Archie MacLaren starts to earn his beer money Chapter Four Further successes at Old Buckenham 52 Chapter Five The Great War – the end of Robinson’s 60 country house cricket Chapter Six The visit of the Australians in 1921 – 71 the triumph of ‘new money’ at the eleventh hour Chapter Seven The death of Lionel Robinson and the 87 fate of his cricket ground Epilogue Robinson – ‘new money’ and cricket 100 Acknowledgements 104 Bibliography 106 Appendix One Lionel Robinson’s XI in 108 first-class cricket Appendix Two What’s in a name? 111 Index 114 3