Douglas Robinson

Who was Douglas Robinson?

Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Charles Robinson was a first-class cricketer who captained Gloucestershire. He also played for Essex, Marylebone Cricket Club and for the amateur Gentlemen and England XI teams. . He was born in 1883 at Lawrence Weston House near Bristol. He was educated at Marlborough College and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and fought in World War I with the King's Own Royal Regiment. His father was Gloucestershire player Arthur Robinson and his grandfather was Elisha Smith Robinson. Many of his relations were prominent cricketers. He later bred cows at Ham Court Farm near Cheltenham and died there in 1963.