Robert Ian Fanshawe McIntosh (19 August 1907 – 21 March 1988) was an English
cricket
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er born in
Darjeeling
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, India. He was a right-handed
batsman
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who bowled right-arm
medium-fast
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.
McIntosh was educated at
Uppingham School
Uppingham School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding and day school for pupils 13–18) in Uppingham, Rutland, England, founded in 1584 by Robert Johnson, the Archdeacon of Leicester, who also established Oakham School. ...
in Rutland, where he played for the school cricket team and for three years he was the mainstay of their bowling attack,
captaining the side in 1926, a season in which he took 45 wickets at a
bowling average
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of 11.45.
He later went to
University College, Oxford
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, where he played for the
University Cricket Club, making his
first-class debut in 1927 against the
Harlequins.
1927 was also the year that McIntosh played his only first-class match for the
West of England
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when they played the touring
New Zealanders
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at the
County Ground, Exeter; additionally in 1927 he also made three appearances for
Devon
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in the
Minor Counties Championship
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. From 1927 to 1929, McIntosh made 21 first-class appearances for Oxford University, playing his final match for them against
Surrey
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.
McIntosh received his
Oxford Blue
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in his first year of 1927, thanks largely to an injury to
Walter McBride, and in 1928.
Poor health and having to bowl on over-prepared wickets which led to a poor bowling season for him in 1929 ruled him out of contention for a Blue in that year.
A bowler, he took 62 wickets in total for the University. These came at an average of 34.33 and included two
five wicket haul
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Taking ...
s, with best figures of 5/52.
McIntosh later returned to the British Raj, where he played a single first-class match each for the
Europeans (India) against the
Indians
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and for
Madras
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against the
Marylebone Cricket Club
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, both in 1934.
He died in
Budleigh Salterton
Budleigh Salterton is a seaside town on the coast in East Devon, England, south-east of Exeter. It lies within the East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and forms much of the electoral ward of Budleigh, whose ward population at the ...
, Devon on 21 March 1988.
References
External links
Robert McIntoshat
ESPNcricinfo
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Robert McIntoshat CricketArchive
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1907 births
1988 deaths
People from Darjeeling
People educated at Uppingham School
Alumni of University College, Oxford
English cricketers
Oxford University cricketers
Devon cricketers
Europeans cricketers
Tamil Nadu cricketers
West of England cricketers
20th-century English sportsmen