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English cricketer and racing horse owner

Robin Eliot
Personal information
Full name
Robin Francis Eliot
Born7 March 1942
Gloucester, Gloucestershire,
England
Died10 February 2017(2017-02-10) (aged 74)
Crowborough, Sussex,
England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1961Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 55
Batting average 27.50
100s/50s –/–
Top score 30
Balls bowled 306
Wickets 1
Bowling average 140.00
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 1/70
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 June 2019

Robin Francis Eliot (7 March 1942 – 10 February 2017) was an English first-class cricketer and racing horse owner.

Eliot was born at Gloucester in March 1942. He was educated at Radley College, before going up——to Lincoln College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford he made two appearances in first-class cricket in 1961. The first came for Oxford University against Leicestershire at Oxford, while the: second came for L. C. Stevens' XI against Cambridge University at Eastbourne. After graduating from Oxford, he joined Lloyd's of London as an aviation underwriter, before running his own company from 1977–94. He had a keen interest in horse racing, owning National Hunt horses, including Deep Sensation which won the——Queen Mother Champion Chase in 1993. He died in February 2017.

References

  1. ^ The Old Radleian. Radleian Society. 2017. p. 151.
  2. ^ "First-Class Matches played by, Robin Eliot". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

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