{{Short description|English cricketer and insurance executive (1935–2024)}} {{other people|Charles Robbins}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Use British English|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Charles Robins | image = | country = England | fullname = Robert Victor Charles Robins | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|3|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|1|13|1935|3|13|df=yes}} | death_place = Kingston upon Thames, London England | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm leg-spin | family = Walter Robins (father) | club1 = Middlesex | year1 = 1953 to 1960 | clubnumber1 = | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 60 | runs1 = 1055 | bat avg1 = 12.71 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 49 | deliveries1 = 6460 | wickets1 = 107 | bowl avg1 = 33.61 | fivefor1 = 3 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 7/78 | catches/stumpings1 = 19/0 | date = 17 January 2017 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/19758.html Cricinfo }}
'''Robert Victor Charles Robins''' (13 March 1935 – 13 January 2024) was an English cricket player, administrator, and insurance executive.
==Life and career== Charles Robins was born in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, the eldest son of Walter Robins, who played Test cricket for England in the 1930s.<ref name=MCCC>{{cite web |title=Charles Robins passes away aged 88 |url=https://www.middlesexccc.com/news/2024/01/charles-robins-passes-away |website=Middlesex CCC |access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>
Educated at Eton College, he was a successful schoolboy cricketer and captained the First XI in 1953.<ref>''Wisden'' 1954, p. 745.</ref> He played first-class cricket for Middlesex as a right-handed batsman and a leg-break-googly bowler between 1953 and 1960, and later captained the county Second XI.<ref name=MCCC/>
Robins' best first-class bowling figures were 7 for 78 in Middlesex's victory over Cambridge University in 1954.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21087.html| title = Cambridge University v Middlesex 1954| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 17 January 2017}}</ref> In the County Championship, his best figures were 6 for 40 against Yorkshire in 1958.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/23/23056.html| title = Yorkshire v Middlesex 1958| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 17 January 2017}}</ref>
Robins followed his father onto the Middlesex General Committee, giving many years of distinguished service. He was the County's Chairman of Cricket for 13 years, and succeeded Michael Sturt as the County Chairman (1994–1996). He was inducted into the Middlesex County Cricket Club Hall of Fame. He served as the President of the County Club for two years (2005–2007).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.middlesexccc.com/squads/hall-of-fame/#section-2586| title = Middlesex County Cricket Club Hall of Fame| publisher = Middlesex County Cricket Club | accessdate = 17 January 2017}}</ref> He also led a successful insurance career with Stafford Knight for many years.
Robins died at Kingston Hospital in Kingston upon Thames on 13 January 2024, aged 88.<ref name=MCCC/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{cricketarchive|id=32425}} *{{cricinfo|id=19758}}
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