Robert Antrobus

Robert Crawfurd Antrobus (21 March 1830 – 12 February 1911) was an English businessman, politician and first-class cricketer. He was born in London and died in Westminster. Antrobus was the third son of Sir Edmund Antrobus, 2nd Baronet and Anne Lindsay. He was a prominent businessman in the City of London and held directorships in the Economic Life Assurance Company, the Bibi-Eybat Petroleum Company, the Schibaieff Petroleum Company and the Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance Company. Antrobus made two first-class cricket appearances, sixteen years apart from each other. His first appearance came at the age of just 20 years old for Gentlemen of England, in 1850, batting in the tailend against Gentlemen of Kent. Antrobus hit his first-class best score of 12 in his debut innings, and 3* in the second innings of his debut. Moving slightly further up the order for his second and final first-class match, he played for I Zingari, against a team which included, amongst others, EM and WG Grace.