Robert Gardiner

Robert Gardiner (18 May 1878 – 24 February 1959) was a Scottish first-class cricketer.

The son of Robert Gardiner senior, a farmer, he was born in May 1878 at Findo Gask, Perthshire. A club cricketer for Perthshire Cricket Club, he made his debut as a wicket-keeper for Scotland against Ireland at Perth in 1909. He made two further first-class appearances for Scotland, both against Ireland in 1913 and 1914. In his three first-class appearances, Gardiner scored 133 runs at an average of 26.60; he made one half century, a score of 72 in the 1913 fixture. He inherited Henhill Farm at Forteviot following the death of his father in 1909. Outside of cricket, Gardiner was a curler and was a member of the Forteviot Curling Club and helped organise the visit to Perthshire by a touring Canadian curling team in 1925. Gardiner died at Perth in February 1959.