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Derrick Robins

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Derrick Harold Robins (27 June 1914 – 3 May 2004), often known as D. H. Robins, was an English cricketer and sports promoter, at one time chairman of Coventry City Football Club. [1]

20 relations: Apartheid, Bexleyheath, Bob Willis, Brian Close, County cricket, Coventry City F.C., Cricket, D. H. Robins' XI cricket team in New Zealand in 1979–80, D. H. Robins' XI cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1977–78, Eastbourne, First-class cricket, India national cricket team, International cricket in South Africa from 1971 to 1981, Oxford University Cricket Club, South Africa, The Saffrons, Tony Greig, Trevor Chappell, Warwickshire County Cricket Club, West Indies cricket team.

Apartheid

Apartheid started in 1948 in theUnion of South Africa |year_start.

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Bexleyheath

Bexleyheath is a town in the London Borough of Bexley, England, southeast of Charing Cross.

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Bob Willis

Robert George Dylan Willis MBE (born Robert George Willis on 30 May 1949), known as Bob Willis, is an English former cricketer, who played for Surrey, Warwickshire, Northern Transvaal and England.

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Brian Close

Dennis Brian Close, (24 February 1931 – 13 September 2015) was an English first-class cricketer, the youngest man ever to play Test cricket for England.

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County cricket

Inter-county cricket matches are known to have been played since the early 18th century, involving teams that are representative of the historic counties of England and Wales.

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Coventry City F.C.

Coventry City Football Club is a professional football club based in Coventry, West Midlands, England.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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D. H. Robins' XI cricket team in New Zealand in 1979–80

Sports promoter Derrick Robins assembled a cricket team, captained by Chris Cowdrey, to tour Australia and New Zealand in February and March 1980.

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D. H. Robins' XI cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1977–78

Derrick Robins assembled a cricket team to tour Sri Lanka in October 1977, playing one first-class and one limited overs match versus the Sri Lanka Board President's XI in Colombo and an additional first-class match versus the Central Province Cricket Association President's XI in Kandy.

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Eastbourne

Eastbourne is a town, seaside resort and borough in the non-metropolitan county of East Sussex on the south coast of England, east of Brighton.

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First-class cricket

First-class cricket is an official classification of the highest-standard international or domestic matches in the sport of cricket.

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India national cricket team

The India national cricket team, also known as Team India and Men in Blue, is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status.

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International cricket in South Africa from 1971 to 1981

International cricket in South Africa between 1971 and 1981 consisted of four private tours arranged by English sports promoter Derrick Robins, two tours by a private team called the "International Wanderers", and one women's Test match.

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Oxford University Cricket Club

Oxford University Cricket Club (OUCC), which represents the University of Oxford, has always held important or first-class status and is classified as an important team by substantial sources from 1827 to 1894; classified as an official first-class team from 1895 by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the County Championship clubs; and classified as a List A team in 1973 only.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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The Saffrons

The Saffrons is a multi-purpose sports ground in Eastbourne, East Sussex.

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Tony Greig

Anthony William "Tony" Greig (6 October 194629 December 2012) was an England Test cricket captain turned commentator.

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Trevor Chappell

Trevor Martin Chappell (born 12 October 1952, Glenelg, South Australia) is a former Australian cricketer, a member of the South Australian Chappell family which excelled at cricket.

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Warwickshire County Cricket Club

Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.

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West Indies cricket team

The West Indies cricket team, colloquially known as and (since June 2017) officially branded as the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing the Caribbean region and administered by Cricket West Indies.

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D. H. Robins, DH Robin, DH Robins, Derek Robins.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Robins

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