Grant Robinson (cricketer)
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| Full name | Grant Geoffrey Robinson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 July 1979 Gisborne, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2001/02–2007/08 | Northern Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 8 June 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grant Geoffrey Robinson (born 24 July 1979) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Northern Districts from 2001 to 2008. He was born at Gisborne in 1979.[1]
A left-handed batsman, Robinson's highest first-class score was 125 not out in Northern Districts' 16-run victory over Auckland in 2002–03.[2] He was also a leading member of the Hamilton team that dominated the Hawke Cup competition in the 2000s. In 2005–06 he scored 268 against Northland to record the second-highest score in the history of the competition.[3]
Robinson studied Law and Commerce at Waikato University.[4] After working in senior positions for Westpac in Auckland, in 2019 he joined the compostable-packaging company Ecoware as general manager.[5] He has a family with his wife Anna.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Grant Robinson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
- ^ "Auckland v Northern Districts 2002–03". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ Butcher, Margot (Summer 2018). "Stumped on a career" (PDF). Outright. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Q&A with our new general manager". Ecoware. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ Devereux, Courtney (28 February 2019). "Ecoware gets new general manager, Grant Robinson". The Register. Retrieved 8 June 2019.