Robert Martin (cricketer)
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| Full name | Robert Harold Martin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 October 1918 Liverpool, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 June 1985 (aged 66) St Albans, Hertfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Harold Martin (7 October 1918 – 30 June 1985) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer.
Martin was born at Liverpool and was educated at Oundle School, where he played for the school cricket team.[1] He enlisted in the Royal Navy as a temporary rank of sub-lieutenant in September 1939,[2] a rank he still held in October 1942.[3] He was mentioned in dispatches in December 1943.[4] He was promoted to the temporary rank of lieutenant in December 1944, with seniority to October of that year.[5] Following the war, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander in January 1951, with seniority to March 1949.[6]
In June 1951, Martin was selected to play for the Combined Services cricket team in a first-class cricket match against Worcestershire at Worcester.[7] Batting twice in the match, Martin was dismissed for 4 runs by Roly Jenkins in the Combined Services first-innings, while following-on in their second-innings he was run out without scoring.[8] With his right-arm medium pace, Martin bowled 19 wicketless overs conceding 62 runs in Worcestershire's first-innings, while in their second-innings took the only wicket to fall, dismissing Peter Richardson to finish with figures of 1 for 29 from six overs.[8]
He died at St Albans in June 1985.
References[edit]
- ^ "Player profile: Robert Martin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "No. 34847". The London Gazette. 10 May 1940. p. 2809.
- ^ "No. 35748". The London Gazette. 16 October 1942. p. 4501.
- ^ "No. 36295". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 December 1943. p. 5542.
- ^ "No. 36859". The London Gazette. 26 December 1944. p. 5921.
- ^ "No. 39136". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 December 1944. p. 549.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Robert Martin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Worcestershire v Combined Services, 1951". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 March 2019.