Robert Drummond Balfour (1 March 1844 – 7 May 1915) was an English cricketer who won four consecutive blues playing for Cambridge University between 1863 and 1866.

Following University he continued his first-class career with a variety of invitational sides and represented Scotland against Surrey.

By the time he went up to Cambridge Balfour had already played a good standard of club cricket for I Zingari and for a XXII of Cirencester against the United All-England Eleven.

[5] He made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against MCC in 1863, and remained a first choice in the eleven for five years.

[12] Drummond Balfour became a stockbroker and a member of the Stock Exchange with the firm of Capel & Co.[13][4] He married Catherine Elizabeth Donaldson in 1876 and died on 7 May 1915 at Sherrards, a house located near The Frythe[12] in Welwyn, Hertfordshire.