Full Name

Robin Geoffrey Marlar

Born

January 02, 1931, Eastbourne, Sussex

Died

September 30, 2022, Epsom, (aged 91y 271d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

In his playing days in the '50s Robin Marlar, MCC's president for 2005-06, was an innovative offspinner who took a total of 970 wickets. He was close to Test selection once or twice, but had to contend with the great Jim Laker, and others such as Fred Titmus and David Allen who were better batsmen. Marlar's own batting - he averaged less than 10, and was once stumped second ball for 6 after going in as a nightwatchman - counted against him. So did his outspokenness, which later served him well as an opinionated cricket correspondent of the Sunday Times. He was a Cambridge Blue from 1951 to 1953, and captained Sussex from 1955 to 1959 (a skipper "shrewd and skilful", according to Wisden). He took 9 for 46 - 15 for 119 in the match - with his high-tossed offbreaks against Lancashire at Hove in 1955, a season in which he finished with 139 victims at 21.55.
Steven Lynch

Robin Marlar Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100sCtSt
FC289379673033649.7201360

Bowling

FormatMatRunsWktsBBIAve5w10w
FC289244699709/4625.226615

Debut/Last Matches of Robin Marlar

FC Matches

Span
1951 - 1968

Recent Matches of Robin Marlar

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Sussex vs Indians22/4515-Jul-1959HoveFC
M.C.C. vs Cambridge U0 & 101/10613-Jun-1956Lord'sFC
Sussex vs Oxford Uni61/74 & 7/7209-Jun-1956OxfordFC
Sussex vs Cambridge U2 & 40/27 & 1/5609-May-1956CambridgeFC
Sussex vs Surrey11 & 6*1/5724-Aug-1955The OvalFC

Photos of Robin Marlar

Robin Marlar, the former Sussex captain, has died at the age of 91
Robin Marlar watches MCC take on United Beijing during the London club's first tour of China