Richard Daryl Robinson (born 8 June 1946) is a former Australian international
cricket
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er who played in three
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and two
One Day International
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s, all in 1977.
During a
first-class career that spanned from 1971 to 1982, Robinson was widely recognised as the second best wicketkeeper in Australia, behind the formidable
Rod Marsh
Rodney William Marsh (4 November 1947 – 4 March 2022) was an Australian professional cricketer who played as a wicketkeeper for the Australian national team.
Marsh had a Test career spanning from the 1970–71 to the 1983–84 Australian ...
and would no doubt have played more Tests had Marsh not played. Although a wicketkeeper batsman in state cricket, Robinson's three Tests were as a specialist batsman.
Robinson captained
Victoria
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and played
World Series Cricket
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, notably keeping wicket for the
Cavaliers on the Cavalier Country Tour in 1978/79 playing 17 matches, scoring 315 runs at 22.50, with 31 catches and 8 stumpings.
Following his retirement from first-class cricket, Robinson coached
Queensland
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before moving to
Darwin, Northern Territory
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to play for Tracy Village Cricket Club, and was awarded the Darwin district Player of the Year award in 1993.
[Morris, G. "Huge cash for short games is hurting Test matches", ''NT News'', 3 May 2013, p. 46.] In 2013 Robinson was appointed coach of Tracy Village.
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Career
Robinson had a superb 1976–77 season scoring 828 first class runs at 82.80 including four centuries with a top score of 185. He was selected on the 1977 Ashes tour as a backup keeper to Rod Marsh. Australia's batsmen struggled on the tour, and Robinson was selected as a specialist batsman in three tests.
He signed to play World Series Cricket
World Series Cricket (WSC) was a commercial professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979 which was organised by Kerry Packer and his Australian television network, Nine Network. WSC ran in commercial competition to established ...
which meant he missed the next two seasons of first class cricket.
He played three more seasons of first class cricket until he retired.
References
External links
Victorian Premier Cricket profile
1946 births
Living people
Australia Test cricketers
Australia One Day International cricketers
Victoria cricketers
World Series Cricket players
Australian cricketers
Australian cricket coaches
Cricketers from Melbourne
Wicket-keepers
People from East Melbourne
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