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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Robert Mushet<br />
| image = <br />
| country = Scotland<br />
| full_name = Robert Cathcart Mushet<br />
| birth_date = 10 December 1901<br />
| birth_place = [[Glasgow]], [[Lanarkshire]], Scotland<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1992|7|25|1901|12|10|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Dunbar]], [[East Lothian]], Scotland<br />
| nickname = <br />
| family = [[John Mushet]] (father)<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm [[Seam bowling|medium]]<br />
| role = <br />
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]<br />
| year1 = 1934/35&ndash;1939/40<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 2<br />
| runs1 = 17<br />
| bat avg1 = 8.50<br />
| 100s/50s1 = –/–<br />
| top score1 = 8<br />
| deliveries1 = 78<br />
| wickets1 = 1<br />
| bowl avg1 = 88.00<br />
| fivefor1 = –<br />
| tenfor1 = –<br />
| best bowling1 = 1/47<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–<br />
| date = 1 December<br />
| year = 2023<br />
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/robert-mushet-31179 Cricinfo<br />
}}<br />
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'''Robert Cathcart Mushet''' (10 December 1901 – 25 July 1992) was a Scottish first-class [[cricket]]er.<br />
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The son of the cricketer [[John Mushet]], he was born at [[Glasgow]] in December 1901.<ref name="HIS">{{cite web|url=https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.pitchero.com%2Fclubs%2F16315%2FKD3C7z6tRTqHhEYXTDUv_John+Mushet+Book.pdf|title=John Mushet|website=www.pitchero.com|accessdate=1 December 2023}}</ref> Mushet spent time in [[British India]], where he appeared in two [[first-class cricket]] matches for the [[Europeans cricket team]], separated by five years. The first came against the [[Hindus cricket team]] at the [[Bombay Gymkhana]] in the 1935–35 [[Bombay Tournament (cricket)|Bombay Quadrangular]], while the second came against the same opponents at the [[Brabourne Stadium]] in the 1939-40 Bombay Pentangular.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14190/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Robert Mushet|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=1 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In these, scored 17 runs with a highest score of 18,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14190/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Robert Mushet|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=1 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> while with his right-arm [[Seam bowling|medium-pace]], he took a single wicket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14190/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Robert Mushet|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=1 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Outside of cricket, he was a shipping merchant and company director by profession.<ref name="HIS"/> Mushet died at [[Dunbar]] in July 1992, following a long illness.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19920727/119/0008|title=Engagements, deaths, funerals|work=[[The Scotsman]]|location=[[Edinburgh]]|page=8|date=27 July 1992|access-date=1 December 2023|url-access=subscription|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:1901 births]]<br />
[[Category:1992 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Cricketers from Glasgow]]<br />
[[Category:Scottish cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Scottish businesspeople]]</div>SadieHagelthorn