Brief profile of Clayton Robson by Don Ambrose

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Player:

CGW Robson

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DateLine: 7th April 2008

 

ROBSON, Clayton Graeme Wynne
Born : 3 July 1901, Bareilly, India.
Died : 26 February 1989, Long Melford, Suffolk.
Son of Lt-Col. C.G.Robson, 10th Jats.
Entered Malvern College, 3rd Term 1915. Senior Chapel Prefect (Head of School). Cricket XI 1917-20 (captain). Football XI 1917-19 (captain). Rackets Pair (winner with J.A Deed, 1920). Left 1920.
Worcestershire 1921 2 - 4 - 0 - 103 - 46 - 25.75 - 0 - 0. ct. 1.
Middlesex 1926 4 - 6 - 1 - 33 - 12 - 6.60 - 0 - 0. ct. 1.
Total 1921-26 6 -10- 1 - 136 - 46 - 15.11 - 0 - 0. ct. 2.
Cadet Officer at Sandhurst, The Buffs 1921. Resigned 1923.
Went into business.
2nd World War - Lieutenant-Colonel, D.A.Q.M.G., 48th Division, Home Forces; British Army Staff Washington.
General Manager, Eastern Regional Development Corp., Nigeria, 1956-63.
Resident representative - Dar-es-Salaam, for Tanganyka Associated. Retired 1965.
Malvern College Governor.
Address - 1949 - Cheswicke, Hedgerley Dean, Buckinghamshire. 1977 - 5 Bolnore, Haywards Heath, Sussex.