Robin Thorne

Robin Kidger Thorne (4 April 1930 – 20 April 2017) was a South African cricketer. He played in 44 first-class matches, mostly for Border, from 1948–49 to 1964–65.

Thorne was a right-arm pace bowler and useful lower-order batsman. His best first-class bowling figures were 8 for 101 against the touring New Zealanders in 1961–62. His best figures in the Currie Cup were 7 for 40 against Rhodesia in 1959–60. His only century came against Orange Free State in 1962–63, when he scored exactly 100.

In his first first-class match, aged 18, against the touring MCC in 1948–49, Thorne's first wicket was of Len Hutton, bowled.

Thorne coached for many years in South Africa, much of the time in the black townships, before settling in England.