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James Richard Robertson (18 June 1844 – 6 August 1877) was an English first-class cricketer.

The son of the cricketer John Robertson, he was born at Hollingbourne in June 1844. He was educated at Cheltenham College, before going up to St John's College, Cambridge. Although Robertson did not play first-class cricket for Cambridge University, he did feature in two first-class matches during his studies at Cambridge for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club at Canterbury in 1863 and 1864, scoring 39 runs and bowling 18 wicketless overs across the match. Robertson later emigrated to New South Wales, where he was resident at Wooyeo, on the Lachlan, northwest of Lake Cargelligo. He later returned to England, where he died at Folkestone in August 1877.

References

1. ^ Venn, John (2011). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 5. Cambridge University Press. p. 323.
2. Hunter, Andrew Alexander (1890). Cheltenham College Register, 1841-1889. Bell. p. 143.
3. "First-Class Matches played by James Robertson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
4. "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by James Robertson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
5. "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by James Robertson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
6. Births. London Evening Standard. 10 August 1877. p. 1

External links

• James Robertson at ESPNcricinfo

• 1844 births
• 1877 deaths
• People from Hollingbourne
• People educated at Cheltenham College
• Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
• English cricketers
• Gentlemen of Kent cricketers
• English emigrants to colonial Australia
• Cricketers from Kent