Robert Drummond Balfour
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Bradfield College, Berkshire
Stockbroker
Robert Drummond Balfour | |
|---|---|
 Robert Drummond Balfour c.1872 | |
| Born | 1 March 1844 Putney, Surrey, England |
| Died | 7 May 1915 (aged 71) |
| Education | Westminster School, London Bradfield College, Berkshire |
| Occupations | Cricketer Stockbroker |
| Spouse |
Catherine Elizabeth Donaldson
(m. 1876) |
| Relatives | Edward Balfour (brother) Archibald Balfour (brother) |
Robert Drummond Balfour (1 March 1844 – 7 May 1915) was an English cricketer who won four consecutive blues playing for Cambridge University between 1863 and 1866. Following University he continued his first-class career with a variety of invitational sides and represented Scotland against Surrey.[1][2]
Robert Drummond Balfour was born on 1 March 1844 in Putney, Surrey and was educated at Bradfield College, from 1857 to 1859 at Westminster School,[3] and then at Magdalene College, Cambridge.[4] He was a right-handed, middle or lower-order batsman and wicket-keeper. By the time he went up to Cambridge Balfour had already played a good standard of club cricket for I Zingari and for a XXII of Cirencester against the United All-England Eleven.[5] He made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against MCC in 1863, and remained a first choice in the eleven for five years.[3][6][7]
