Robert McIntosh (cricketer)

Robert Ian Fanshawe McIntosh (19 August 1907 – 21 March 1988) was an English cricketer born in Darjeeling, India. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast.

Robert McIntosh
Personal information
Full nameRobert Ian Fanshawe McIntosh
Born(1907-08-19)19 August 1907
Darjeeling, Bengal, India
Died21 March 1988(1988-03-21) (aged 80)
Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1933/34Madras
1933/34Europeans (India)
1927West of England
1927Devon
1927–1929Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 24
Runs scored 161
Batting average 11.50
100s/50s –/–
Top score 23
Balls bowled 4,503
Wickets 69
Bowling average 32.92
5 wickets in innings 2
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 5/52
Catches/stumpings 9/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 March 2011

McIntosh was educated at Uppingham School in Rutland, where he played for the school cricket team[1] and for three years he was the mainstay of their bowling attack, captaining the side in 1926, a season in which he took 45 wickets at a bowling average of 11.45.[2] He later went to University College, Oxford, where he played for the University Cricket Club, making his first-class debut in 1927 against the Harlequins.[3] 1927 was also the year that McIntosh played his only first-class match for the West of England when they played the touring New Zealanders at the County Ground, Exeter;[4] additionally in 1927 he also made three appearances for Devon in the Minor Counties Championship.[5] From 1927 to 1929, McIntosh made 21 first-class appearances for Oxford University, playing his final match for them against Surrey.[3]

McIntosh received his Oxford Blue in his first year of 1927, thanks largely to an injury to Walter McBride, and in 1928.[2] Poor health and having to bowl on over-prepared wickets which led to a poor bowling season for him in 1929 ruled him out of contention for a Blue in that year.[3] A bowler, he took 62 wickets in total for the University. These came at an average of 34.33 and included two five wicket hauls, with best figures of 5/52.[6]

McIntosh later returned to the British Raj, where he played a single first-class match each for the Europeans (India) against the Indians and for Madras against the Marylebone Cricket Club, both in 1934.[3] He died in Budleigh Salterton, Devon on 21 March 1988.

References
  1. "Teams Robert McIntosh played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  2. "Obituaries in 1988". Wisden Almanack. 5 December 2005. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  3. "First-Class Matches played by Robert McIntosh". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  4. "West v New Zealanders, 1927". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  5. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Robert McIntosh". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  6. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Robert McIntosh". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
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