Peter Robinson

Who is Peter Robinson?

Peter James Robinson is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Worcestershire and Somerset during the 1960s and 1970s; he also played List A cricket for Somerset, who capped him in 1966. He is the nephew of England Test cricketer Roly Jenkins.

Robinson was playing for Worcestershire's Second XI at the age of 17, and in August 1960 he took 5/7 against Lancashire II, including four wickets in five balls. However, his first-class debut had to wait another three years, until Worcestershire faced the Pakistan Eaglets in June 1963. Robinson took three wickets, accounting for Intikhab Alam in both innings. He played three more first-class games that season, without any great success. In 1964 Robinson played just once, and that against Cambridge University, and he left to join Somerset for the 1965 season.

The contrast was immediate: Robinson was a first-team player at once, and remained so for some years. He made his Somerset debut in a Gillette Cup match against Berkshire in April, ending with figures of 3.5–2–2–2. In the first-class game, he claimed 44 wickets at 23.54, including 6/105 against Yorkshire late in the summer. In a low-scoring match, he gave a hint as to his future batting ability by scoring 37 from number ten in the order, helping to add 54 for the ninth wicket after Somerset had fallen to 66/8.