Charles Baldwin (29 December 1864 – 2 May 1947) was an English cricketer. He played 80 first-class matches for Surrey between 1892 and 1898.[1] In 1897 he scored 234 against Kent.[2] According to his obituary in Wisden, he was short and thickset, and a stylish batsman, who scored 1,137 runs in the County Championship in his best season of 1897.[3] During his playing career with Surrey, he was known to umpire in first-class matches, doing so on three occasions; he would later umpire in a further three first-class matches following the end of his playing career with Surrey.[4] He played minor counties cricket for his home county, Suffolk, in the 1904 Minor Counties Championship, making two appearances.[5] After his playing career, he was a successful coach at Uppingham School for seventeen years. When the Surrey scorer died in 1927, he took over the position for a while.[3]
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Full name | Charles Baldwin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England | 29 December 1864||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 2 May 1947 Tylers Green, Buckinghamshire, England | (aged 82)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Unknown-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1892–1898 | Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1904 | Suffolk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 11 July 2023 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Charles Baldwin". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ Gordon Ross (1971). A History of County Cricket: Surrey. Arthur Barker Limited. p. 60. ISBN 0213003902.
- ^ a b Obituaries in 1947. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. 1948. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ "Charles Baldwin as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Charles Baldwin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 July 2023.