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Robin Smith gone 14:42 - Dec 2 with 1462 views

Another international cricketer with alcohol and mental health issues.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c33mzp4mxe8o

	It's always noisiest at the shallow end
Poll:	Where are we going to finish this season?

Robin Smith gone on 14:51 - Dec 2 with 1407 views

Boston

Australia does that to a man.

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Thank God The Seaons Over.

Robin Smith gone on 15:04 - Dec 2 with 1377 views

PhilmyRs

Was just reading about him the other day, and sounded like he was getting help and was in a much better place from what he was a year or two earlier when he was so close to death. Makes it all the more sadder. Excellent player of quick bowling and a decent bloke by all accounts.

Robin Smith gone on 15:12 - Dec 2 with 1354 views

222gers

That's a shame -RIP Robin.
Obviously, a minor matter after a chap has died, but I can't get used to calling them “ batters”

Robin Smith gone on 15:30 - Dec 2 with 1324 views

TheChef

Such sad news. One of my favourite England players when I was younger.

Poll:

How old is everyone on here?

Robin Smith gone on 15:35 - Dec 2 with 1304 views

robith

Robin Smith gone on 15:30 - Dec 2 by TheChef
Such sad news. One of my favourite England players when I was younger.

Yeah him and Thorpe in that era where the first England players to have a bit of swag about them

Robin Smith gone on 15:37 - Dec 2 with 1296 views

derbyhoop

An RS story to lighten the gloom
Facing Merv Hughes; Merv got him playing and missing at 3 consecutive balls
After the 3rd Merv, in his own inimitable fashion; i.e. plenty of swearing, opined that this Pommie A***wipe couldn't f***ing bat.
Needless to say the next ball Smith hit him for 4 and retorted
We make a good pair; Merv. I can't f***ing bat and you can't f***ing bowl.

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Robin Smith gone on 16:35 - Dec 2 with 1206 views

dsw2509

A sad loss. I remember him fielding at Lords for Hampshire against Surrey in a NatWest final. I was sitting in the Grandstand with the Surrey members. He must have saved 30 runs in the field from his anticipation and athleticism. At the end of the innings we all gave him a standing ovation. He waved back. Top man.

Robin Smith gone on 18:26 - Dec 2 with 1030 views

plasmahoop

Very sad. Great player. And another one who I forget has aged that much( though 62 is no age.)

Robin Smith gone on 19:39 - Dec 2 with 939 views

Logman

Robin Smith gone on 18:26 - Dec 2 by plasmahoop
Very sad. Great player. And another one who I forget has aged that much( though 62 is no age.)

Used to enjoy watching Smith and Lamb piling on the middle order runs for us. Smith was amazing on the off-side from memory - drives and cuts. Sad to hear that he has passed. RIP.

Robin Smith gone on 19:59 - Dec 2 with 913 views

flynnbo

Very aggressive and talented batter who was one of the few to take the attack to the Windies in the 1980s. Exremely competent in all facets of the game. Very sad news. RIP Judge.

Robin Smith gone on 20:53 - Dec 2 with 828 views

paulparker

Always remember him vs curtly Ambrose and the fierce bouncers he used to face back in the early 90s
Loverly player and fearless
RIP the judge

And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles Brian Moore

Robin Smith gone on 21:04 - Dec 2 with 800 views

Devon_4_England

Fond memories of watching Robin Smith smash everything to the boundary wherever possible.

Loved watching cricket on summer holidays on TV as a kid, the one player I remember the most from that era, loved his batting style.

RIP Robin

Robin Smith gone on 21:08 - Dec 2 with 786 views

CamberleyR

Absolutely loved watching him bat. Courageous and attacking, fiercest square cut ever, he was a joy.
RIP Judge

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Which is the worst QPR team?

Robin Smith gone on 11:15 - Dec 3 with 465 views

CheshireR

Such sad news.
Mrs Chesh and I had the good fortune to meet him in a Melbourne bar back in 1992.
We were over to watch the Cricket World Cup and had landed earlier that morning.
To minimise the effects of jetlag I decided that a good drink was required. Consequently Mrs Chesh and I were not at our best by the time we saw Robin Smith.
He was out with some local friends but was more than happy to share a lengthy chat and drink with us both.
An evening with a lovely man, that we will never forget.

Robin Smith gone on 11:28 - Dec 3 with 442 views

Rsole

Robin Smith gone on 11:15 - Dec 3 by CheshireR

A very good friend worked with The Judge on his hospitality business and he was by all accounts a fantastic guy. He regularly had Gladstone Small as an after dinner speaker - amazingly entertaining. Who’d have thought.

So sad to hear the news. Happens to way too many sportsmen after they finish what is a relatively short career.

Those possessed by devils, try and keep them under control a bit, can't you ?

Robin Smith gone on 12:34 - Dec 3 with 377 views

Superhoop83

Robin Smith gone on 11:28 - Dec 3 by Rsole
A very good friend worked with The Judge on his hospitality business and he was by all accounts a fantastic guy. He regularly had Gladstone Small as an after dinner speaker - amazingly entertaining. Who’d have thought. So sad to hear the news. Happens to way too many sportsmen after they finish what is a relatively short career.

My abiding memory of Robin Smith is of him hooking a bouncer from Curtly Ambrose for six in 1991. Not many cricketers could do that.

Rest in peace.

Suffering since 1978.

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