Robert Tomkinson
English cricketer and British Army officer
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Robert Edward Tomkinson (14 August 1847 — 27 July 1928) was an English first-class cricketer and stockbroker.
Willington, Cheshire, England
Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England
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| Full name | Robert Edward Tomkinson | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 August 1847 Willington, Cheshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 July 1928 (aged 80) Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | James Palmer-Tomkinson (nephew) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1873 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 13 September 2021 | |||||||||||||||
The son of William Tomkinson, he was born at Willington Hall in Cheshire in August 1847. He was educated at Marlborough College,[1] before going up to Trinity Hall, Cambridge. After graduating from Cambridge, he became a stockbroker.[2] Tomkinson later played three first-class cricket matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1873 against Cambridge University, Oxford University and the Surrey Club.[3] He scored 81 runs in this three matches,[4] scoring 52 runs against the Surrey Club at The Oval.[5] The following year he married Lucille Diana Mauritia, the daughter of Major-General Thomas Brooke.[2] Tomkinson was convicted in Berkhamsted of carrying a gun and killing partridges without having a licence in December 1888.[6] He died at Burnham-on-Sea in July 1928.[7]