Robert Minton (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 04-Jan-1899
Place of Birth: Kensington, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 03-Aug-1928
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Robert Minton (cricketer)
- Robert Samuel Minton (4 January 1899 – 3 August 1928) was an English cricketer.
- Minton's batting style is unknown.
- He was born at Kensington, London, and was educated at Brighton College. Minton made a single first-class appearance for Sussex against Northamptonshire at the County Ground, Northampton, in the 1919 County Championship.
- Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to bat first, posting a total of 410.
- In reply, Sussex could only manage 125, with Minton making 24 runs before he was dismissed by Albert Wright.
- His score was the second highest individual score in Sussex's innings.
- Forced to follow-on, Sussex improved in their second-innings to make 365, though Minton himself was dismissed without scoring by William Wells.
- Northamptonshire went on to win the match by 8 wickets, in what was Minton's only major appearance for Sussex.He committed suicide near Three Bridges in Sussex on 3 August 1928, having thrown himself from the first-class compartment of a train on the Brighton main line.
- He had up to that point been employed as a police constable.
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