# Robert Whitby

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{{short description|English cricketer and solicitor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|                name = 
|               image = 
|             country = England
|            fullname =	Robert Lionel Whitby
|          birth_date = 29 October 1928
|         birth_place = [Kolkata](/source/Kolkata), [Bengal Presidency](/source/Bengal_Presidency),<br>[British India](/source/British_India)
|          death_date = January 2003 (aged 74)
|         death_place = [Portsmouth](/source/Portsmouth), [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire), England
|            nickname = 
|              family = 
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Right-arm [medium-fast](/source/Seam_bowling)
|                role = 
|               club1 = [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club)
|               year1 = 1950
|               club2 = [Marylebone Cricket Club](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club)
|               year2 = 1957
|             columns = 1
|             column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            matches1 = 2
|               runs1 = 23
|            bat avg1 = 11.50
|           100s/50s1 = –/–
|          top score1 = 12
|         deliveries1 = 228
|            wickets1 = 0
|           bowl avg1 = –
|            fivefor1 = –
|             tenfor1 = –
|       best bowling1 = –
|  catches/stumpings1 = –/–
|                date = 28 September
|                year = 2021
|              source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22896.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Robert Lionel Whitby''' {{postnominal|MVO}} (29 October 1928 – January 2003) was an [English](/source/English_people) first-class [cricket](/source/cricket)er.

The son of Robert James Lawrence Whitby, he was born in [British India](/source/British_India) at [Calcutta](/source/Kolkata) in October 1928. He was educated in England at [Charterhouse School](/source/Charterhouse_School), before going up to [Caius College, Cambridge](/source/Gonville_and_Caius_College%2C_Cambridge).<ref>{{cite book |title=The Cambridge University List of Members for the Year 1991 |date=1991 |publisher=[Cambridge University Press](/source/Cambridge_University_Press) |page=1452 |isbn=978-0-521-43468-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=05AcAQAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> While studying at Cambridge, he played one [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) match for [Cambridge University Cricket Club](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club) against [Essex](/source/Essex_County_Cricket_Club) at [Fenner's](/source/Fenner's) in 1950. Seven years later he made a second appearance in first-class cricket for the [Marylebone Cricket Club](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club) against [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_cricket_team) at [Aberdeen](/source/Mannofield_Park).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33778/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Robert Whitby|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-09-28|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 33 runs in these two matches,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33778/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Robert Whitby|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-09-28|url-access=subscription}}</ref> while with his right-arm [medium-fast bowling](/source/Seam_bowling), he bowled 38 wicket-less [overs](/source/over_(cricket)).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33778/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Robert Whitby|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-09-28|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Whitby was appointed a Member of the [Royal Victorian Order](/source/Royal_Victorian_Order), 4th Class in the [1968 New Years Honours](/source/1968_New_Year_Honours).<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=44484|date=29 December 1967|page=5|supp=y}}</ref> Whitby died at [Portsmouth](/source/Portsmouth) in January 2003.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=22896}}

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Category:1928 births
Category:2003 deaths
Category:Lawyers from Kolkata
Category:Cricketers from Kolkata
Category:People educated at Charterhouse School
Category:Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Category:English cricketers
Category:Cambridge University cricketers
Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
Category:Members of the Royal Victorian Order
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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