Robert Whitley

English cricketer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroEnglish cricketer
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain England
wasAthlete Cricketer
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth1837, Pimlico, City of Westminster, Greater London, United Kingdom
Death26 October 1887Fulham, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Greater London, United Kingdom (aged 50 years)
Sports Teams
Surrey County Cricket Club
The details

Biography

Robert Thomas Whitley (1837 – 26 October 1887) was an English cricketer. Whitley's batting style is unknown, though it is known he played as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Pimlico in London.

Whitley made a single first-class appearance for Surrey in 1873 against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge. In a match which Nottinghamshire won by six wickets, Whitley scored 5 runs in Surrey's first-innings, before being dismissed by James Shaw. In Surrey's second-innings he was dismissed for 3 runs by the same bowler. He also took two catches behind the stumps, both in Nottinghamshire's second-innings. This was his only first-class appearance.

He died at Fulham, London on 26 October 1887.

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