Cris Tinley

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Robert Crispin Tinley (25 October 1830 – 11 December 1900) was an English first-class cricketer in the mid-19th century who was recognised as one of the best slow bowlers of his time.

Tinley was born at Southwell, Nottinghamshire, and played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and the All-England Eleven. He batted right-handed and was a right-arm slow bowler of underarm lobs.

Tinley made his first-class debut in the 1847 season and made 117 appearances between then and the 1874 season. He took 309 wickets at an average of 14.46 with a best analysis of 8 for 12 (in a match in which he also took 7 for 66 in the second innings).^[1] He took 10 wickets in a match on five occasions. He was a useful tail-end batsman who made three fifties with a highest score of 56. He scored 2004 runs in all at an average of 11.38. He also took 143 catches and, as an occasional wicket-keeper, two stumpings.

The teams Tinley played for were: Nottinghamshire (1847-1869); Manchester (1851); All-England Eleven (1851-1874); North (1851-1865); England XI (1855-1860); Players (1858-1864); Another England Eleven (1860); England "Next XIV" (1860); combined Kent and Nottinghamshire (1864). George Parr's XI (1863/64) (during this trip, the team sailed to Australia on the SS Great Britain^[2]

He died at Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, aged 70.