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The son of Benjamin Collins and his wife Jane, he was born Cobham, Kent. In the 1881 census, Collins was living at Cobham and was employed, alongside his father, as a gardener.
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Collins was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He learnt his cricket at Cobham, where he played under the captaincy of Ivo Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley. Collins made his first-class debut for Kent against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord"s in 1881.
He made seven further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Yorkshire in 1885.
In his eight first-class matches, he scored a total of 97 runs at an average of 8.81, with a high score of 41. With the ball, he took 16 wickets at a bowling average of 19.06, with best figures of 4/9.
He was subsequently groundsman at the Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend and later ran a sports outfitters in the town. Collins died at Gravesend, Kent, on 11 August 1919.
