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| Full name | Robin Francis Eliot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 March 1942 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 February 2017 (aged 74) Crowborough, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1961 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1] 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.[2] After graduating from Oxford, he joined Lloyd's of London as an aviation underwriter, before running his own company from 1977–94.[1] He had a keen interest in horse racing, owning National Hunt horses, including Deep Sensation which won the Queen Mother Champion Chase in 1993.[1] He died in February 2017.
References
- 1 2 3 The Old Radleian. Radleian Society. 2017. p. 151.
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Robin Eliot". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
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