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{{short description|English cricketer and solicitor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Robert Lionel Whitby
| birth_date = 29 October 1928
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[Bengal Presidency]],<br>[[British India]]
| death_date = January 2003 (aged 74)
| death_place = [[Portsmouth]], [[Hampshire]], England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Seam bowling|medium-fast]]
| role =
| club1 = [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]]
| year1 = 1950
| club2 = [[Marylebone Cricket Club]]
| year2 = 1957
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 23
| bat avg1 = 11.50
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 12
| deliveries1 = 228
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 28 September
| year = 2021
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22896.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Robert Lionel Whitby''' {{postnominal|MVO}} (29 October 1928 – January 2003) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er.

The son of Robert James Lawrence Whitby, he was born in [[British India]] at [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] in October 1928. He was educated in England at [[Charterhouse School]], before going up to [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge|Caius College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Cambridge University List of Members for the Year 1991 |date=1991 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |page=1452 |isbn=978-0-521-43468-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=05AcAQAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> While studying at Cambridge, he played one [[first-class cricket]] match for [[Cambridge University Cricket Club]] against [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]] at [[Fenner's]] in 1950. Seven years later he made a second appearance in first-class cricket for the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] against [[Scotland national cricket team|Scotland]] at [[Mannofield Park|Aberdeen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33778/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Robert Whitby|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-09-28|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 33 runs in these two matches,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33778/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Robert Whitby|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-09-28|url-access=subscription}}</ref> while with his right-arm [[Seam bowling|medium-fast bowling]], he bowled 38 wicket-less [[over (cricket)|overs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33778/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Robert Whitby|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-09-28|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Whitby was appointed a Member of the [[Royal Victorian Order]], 4th Class in the [[1968 New Year Honours#Members of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th class (MVO)|1968 New Years Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=44484|date=29 December 1967|page=5|supp=y}}</ref> Whitby died at [[Portsmouth]] in January 2003.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=22896}}

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[[Category:Lawyers from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Kolkata]]
[[Category:People educated at Charterhouse School]]
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[[Category:Cambridge University cricketers]]
[[Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers]]
[[Category:Members of the Royal Victorian Order]]
[[Category:20th-century English sportsmen]]

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