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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Clayton Robson<br />
| image = <br />
| caption =<br />
| fullname = Clayton Graeme Wynne Robson<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1901|07|03|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bareilly]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|02|26|1901|07|03|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Long Melford]], [[Suffolk]]<br />
| batting = Right-handed batsman<br />
| bowling = <br />
| club1 = [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]]<br />
| year1 = 1921<br />
| club2 = [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlsex]]<br />
| year2 = 1926<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| hidedeliveries = true<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 6 <br />
| runs1 = 136<br />
| bat avg1 = 15.11<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0<br />
| top score1 = 46<br />
| catches/stumpings1= 2/0<br />
| source = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/19790.html CricInfo<br />
| date = 21 May<br />
| year = 2017<br />
}}<br />
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'''Clayton Graeme Wynne Robson''' (3 July 1901 – 25 February 1989) was an Indian-born English [[first-class cricket]]er who played six matches: two for [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]] in 1921, then four for [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] in 1926. <br />
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==Life==<br />
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Robson was born in [[Bareilly]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]] in [[British India]] and went to school at [[Malvern College]] in England. He played cricket for Malvern, captaining the school side in his final year and then went on to the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]], and was again cricket captain.<ref name="Wisden">''Obituaries in 1989.'' [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]], 1990.</ref><br />
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Robson hit 5 and 46 on his debut against Hampshire, and was retained for the county's next game, against [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]]. Robson scored 9 and 43, but then dropped out of the side.{{Citation needed|date= August 2018}}<br />
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He was not to reappear in [[county cricket]] for another five years, but then played four times for Middlesex.{{Citation needed|date= August 2018}} In six innings for the county he scored only 33 runs with a highest score of only 12, and by August he was again dropped from the side, never again to return to the first-class game.{{Citation needed|date= August 2018}}<br />
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Outside cricket, he was a fine [[racquets (sport)|rackets]] player, winning the Public School's rackets pairs in 1920 with [[Jack Deed]].<ref name="Wisden"/><br />
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Robson died in [[Long Melford]] in [[Suffolk]] in 1989 at the age of 87.{{Citation needed|date= August 2018}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cricinfo|id=19790}}<br />
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[[Category:1901 births]]<br />
[[Category:1989 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:English cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]<br />
[[Category:Middlesex cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:People educated at Malvern College]]<br />
[[Category:People from Bareilly]]<br />
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