Robin Eliot

Robin Eliot

Personal information
Full name	Robin Francis Eliot
Born	7 March 1942 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Died	10 February 2017(2017-02-10) (aged 74) Crowborough, Sussex, England
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1961	Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 2 Runs scored 55 Batting average 27.50 100s/50s –/– Top score 30 Balls bowled 306 Wickets 1 Bowling average 140.00 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 1/70 Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 June 2019

Robin Francis Eliot (7 March 1942 – 10 February 2017) was an English first-class cricketer and racing horse owner.

Eliot was born at Gloucester in March 1942. He was educated at Radley College, before going up to Lincoln College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford he made two appearances in first-class cricket in 1961. The first came for Oxford University against Leicestershire at Oxford, while the second came for L. C. Stevens' XI against Cambridge University at Eastbourne. After graduating from Oxford, he joined Lloyd's of London as an aviation underwriter, before running his own company from 1977–94. He had a keen interest in horse racing, owning National Hunt horses, including Deep Sensation which won the Queen Mother Champion Chase in 1993. He died in February 2017.

External links

• Robin Eliot at ESPNcricinfo