Charles Robins
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Robert Victor Charles Robins (born 13 March 1935) known as Charles Robins is a former English cricket
er and insurance executive. He is the eldest son of the cricketer Walter Robins
.
and was educated at Eton College
, where he was a successful schoolboy cricketer and captained the 1st XI.
He played for Middlesex CCC as a right-handed batsman and a leg break googly bowler between 1953 and 1960, finishing as the second XI captain. He followed his father onto the Middlesex General Committee and he has given many years of distinguished service. He was a successful Chairman of Cricket for 13 years and he succeeded Michael Sturt
as the County Chairman (1994-1996). He was inducted into the Middlesex County Cricket Club Hall of Fame. He served as the President of the County Club for two years (2005–2007). He also led a successful insurance career with Stafford Knight for many years.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er and insurance executive. He is the eldest son of the cricketer Walter Robins
Walter Robins
Robert Walter Vivian Robins was a dynamic English cricketer and footballer.Walter Robins was born in Stafford and was educated at Highgate School and Cambridge University. He played football for Nottingham Forest and first-class cricket for Middlesex, Cambridge University and England...
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Career
He was born in Burnham, BuckinghamshireBurnham, Buckinghamshire
Burnham is a village and civil parish that lies north of the River Thames in the South Bucks District of Buckinghamshire, and sits on the border with Berkshire, between the towns of Maidenhead and Slough. It is served by Burnham railway station in the west of Slough on the main line between London...
and was educated at Eton College
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
, where he was a successful schoolboy cricketer and captained the 1st XI.
He played for Middlesex CCC as a right-handed batsman and a leg break googly bowler between 1953 and 1960, finishing as the second XI captain. He followed his father onto the Middlesex General Committee and he has given many years of distinguished service. He was a successful Chairman of Cricket for 13 years and he succeeded Michael Sturt
Michael Sturt
Michael Ormonde Cleasby Sturt is an English businessman and cricketer.Mike Sturt was born in Wembley, Middlesex. He played county cricket for Middlesex CCC in six separate seasons between 1961 and 1978, as a right-handed lower-order batsman and a highly efficient deputy wicketkeeper, for most of...
as the County Chairman (1994-1996). He was inducted into the Middlesex County Cricket Club Hall of Fame. He served as the President of the County Club for two years (2005–2007). He also led a successful insurance career with Stafford Knight for many years.