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Robertson was a noted cricket player. He was in the 1st XI for all five years at the school, from his match on 14 May 1944 until his final match on 27 June 1948. In 1944, he won the
Younghusband Cup for Best Bowler, taking 32 wickets for 308 runs, an average of 9.31, bowling in all 109.3 overs and 26
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From 1952 to the mid-1980s and beyond to 1991, Robertson was a teacher and headmaster at several different preparatory schools. He joined the staff at
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as "probably the best bat in the eleven", but the journal hinted at a weakness by adding that he "might easily do great things when he has learnt better footwork".
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In 1986 he joined the staff of the Modern
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scoring an unbeaten double century for the university. The appearance for Free
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and opening the bowling dismissed both
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He married Joan
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opening the bowling. He scored 100 retired in the first match, and in the season, he took 26 wickets at 10.47 each.
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