Robin David Paul Huggins (born 18 April 1947) is a former English

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er. Huggins was a right-handed

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. He was born in Coltishall,

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. Huggins made his debut for

in the 1965

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against

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. Huggins played

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cricket for Norfolk from 1965 to 1989, which included 156 Minor Counties Championship matches and 17

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matches. He made his

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debut against

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in the

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. He made 3 further List A appearances, the last coming against Leicestershire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored 91 runs at an

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of 22.75, with a high score of 29.

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at CricketArchive 1947 births Living people People from Coltishall English cricketers Norfolk cricketers Cricketers from Norfolk 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-cricket-bio-1940s-stub