Charles Belton
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| Full name | Charles Harris Belton | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 April 1820 Aylesford, Kent | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 January 1891 (aged 70) Chatham, Kent | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1847 | Kent | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 27 June 2014 | |||||||||||||||
Charles Harris Belton (christened 30 April 1820 – 1 January 1891) was an English cricketer. Born at Aylesford, Kent, Belton was a batsman who played regularly for Town Malling during the 1840s and 1850s.[1][2]
Belton made two first-class cricket appearance for Kent County Cricket Club in 1847. Both came against Surrey, firstly at The Oval and then at Preston Hall, Aylesford.[3] Belton scored 41 runs in his two matches, with a top-score of 23. He took seven catches.[4]
Belton was the son of a farm bailiff and worked in a variety of jobs, including as an agricultural labourer, a beer retailer and in Chatham Dockyard. He married Sarah Usher and had six children.[1] He died of a cerebral haemorrhage at Chatham, Kent on 1 January 1891.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), p. 52. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 21 December 2020.)
- ^ a b Charles Belton, CricInfo. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Charles Belton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Charles Belton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
External links
[edit]Charles Belton at ESPNcricinfo
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