Crescens James Robinson (21 May 1864 – 8 June 1941) played first-class cricket for Somerset in 31 matches from 1885 to 1896.
Robinson was a member of an entrepreneurial family who had interests in paper-making and printing in Bristol and London and in a wide range of goods in Singapore.
The family company of E. S. & A. Robinson owned a large printing and paper-bag manufacturing site at Bedminster in Bristol.
[2][3] The extensive Robinson family had estates at Flax Bourton and Backwell, near Nailsea, south of Bristol, and in 1879 Crescens was part of a team of "Eleven Robinsons"[4] that played a match against the Backwell Cricket Club at the Flax Bourton ground.
[6] Robinson, a right-handed middle- or lower-order batsman, played during the years of second-class cricket from 1886 to the triumphs of 1890, when a winning streak in matches against leading teams opened up a new set of fixtures for Somerset of sufficient depth to enable the county to qualify for first-class status again.