Born in Greetland, Elland, Yorkshire, England, Robinson was a right-handed batsman, who scored 3,902 runs at 19.31, with a highest score of 154 against Oxford University.
He learnt his cricket in Yorkshire, but first played as a professional in Lancashire, with Haslingden C.C.
In 1875, he was engaged by Cliffe End C.C., Longwood, near Huddersfield and, in 1876 and 1877, at Bacup C.C.
(1887–90), before taking up an engagement at St Helens Recreation C.C., where he stayed until 1898.
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