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Charles Chambers (cricketer)

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Charles Chambers
Personal information
Full name
Charles Graham Chambers
Born12 July 1870
West Ilsley, Berkshire, England
Died30 January 1921(1921-01-30) (aged 50)
Reading, Berkshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingUnknown
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 21
Batting average 10.50
100s/50s –/–
Top score 16
Balls bowled 15
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 October 2015

Charles Graham Chambers (12 July 1870 – 30 January 1921) was an English cricketer who made one appearance in first-class cricket in 1894. He was a right-handed batsman.

Early life and education

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Chambers is the son of a Dorset reverend. He began his education at Marlborough College in January 1882, where he later played for the cricket XI and rugby XV.[1]

He left Marlborough in the mid-summer of 1889, after which he proceeded to study at Lincoln College, Oxford.[1]

Career

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After graduating from Oxford with a BA, Chambers lived in the Liverpool area and played his club cricket for Boughton Hall.[1] He was selected to play what would be his only first-class cricket match in 1894 when picked for the Liverpool and District cricket team against Yorkshire at Aigburth.[2]

In a match which Yorkshire won by 10 wickets, Chambers scored 16 runs in Liverpool and District first-innings, before being dismissed bowled by Thomas Foster. In Yorkshire's first-innings he bowled 3 wicketless overs which conceded 13 runs, and in Liverpool and District second-innings he scored 5 runs before Foster had him dismissed caught behind by David Hunter.[3]

Chambers had moved south by 1896, where he was employed as a solicitor at Friar Street in Reading, Berkshire.[1] It was at Reading that he died on 30 January 1921.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Ambrose, Don (7 April 2008). "Brief profile of Charles Chambers". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  2. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Charles Chambers". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Liverpool and District v Yorkshire, 1894". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
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