• Robert Colchin (1713 – 1750) was an English cricketer and match organiser of the mid-Georgian period at a time when the single wicket version of the game...
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    Leading players of the period included Thomas Waymark of Sussex; Robert "Long Robin" Colchin of Bromley and Kent; and Richard Newland of Slindon and Sussex...
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  • middle years of the 18th century. Star performers at the time included Robert Colchin, Stephen Dingate, Tom Faulkner and Thomas Waymark. It was in a single-wicket...
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  • Samuel Colchin (fl. 1747 – 1779) was an English cricketer who played in the 1770s. A nephew of Robert Colchin, a noted single wicket cricketer of the first...
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  • English cricket clubs in the mid-18th century when its team was led by Robert Colchin a.k.a. "Long Robin". Cricket almost certainly originated in Kent and...
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    participants were described as the six best players in England. The teams were Robert Colchin ("Long Robin"), Val Romney and John Bryant against Richard Newland,...
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    Club having one of the strongest teams in England during the career of Robert Colchin. The last historic match known to have been played there was between...
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  • easily won by an innings and 4 runs. Addington did have the great player Robert Colchin as a given man. In 1744, Slindon were back and in June they beat London...
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  • who played with pioneers like Thomas Waymark, Richard Newland and Robert Colchin at the beginning of his career and the likes of John Small and Lumpy...
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  • creation of the first county club in 1842. Among them were William Bedle, Robert Colchin and the 3rd Duke of Dorset. Kent were generally regarded as the strongest...
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