Robert Collinson

Who was Robert Collinson?

Robert Whiteley Collinson was an English first-class cricketer, who played two matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1897 as an amateur.

Born in Moss Side, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, Collinson was a right-handed batsman, who scored 58 runs in total, with a best of 34 against Gloucestershire, for an average of 19.33. His other match was against Somerset in 1897, which was his first-class cricket debut. Collinson also appeared in two non first-class matches for Yorkshire against Durham in 1896, scoring 82 at Feethams, Darlington. He also played for Norfolk in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship in 1910 and 1911.

He played his early cricket with Halifax C.C. and Collinson also played rugby union for Yorkshire.

He died aged 88, in December 1963 in Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich.