Robin Thorne (cricketer)

Robin Kidger Thorne (4 April 1930 – 20 April 2017) was a South African cricketer. He played in 44 first-class matches, mostly for Border, from 1948–49 to 1964–65.

Thorne was a right-arm pace bowler and useful lower-order batsman. His best first-class bowling figures were 8 for 101 against the touring New Zealanders in 1961–62. His best figures in the Currie Cup were 7 for 40 against Rhodesia in 1959–60. His only century came against Orange Free State in 1962–63, when he scored exactly 100.

In his first first-class match, aged 18, against the touring MCC in 1948–49, Thorne's first wicket was of Len Hutton, bowled. In his last first-class match, 16 years later, also against a touring MCC team, his last first-class wicket was of Mike Brearley, also bowled.

Thorne coached for many years in South Africa, much of the time in the black townships, before settling in England.