Walter Charles Brockway (7 May 1907 – 15 June 1985) was an English cricketer. Brockway was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Blandford Forum, Dorset.
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| Full name | Walter Charles Brockway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 March 1907 Blandford Forum, Dorset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 June 1985 (aged 78) Harare, Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1951/52 | Eastern Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1948 | Berkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1929–1938 | Dorset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 1 June 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brockway made his debut for Dorset in the 1929 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. He played Minor counties cricket for Dorset from 1929 to 1938, making 70 appearances.[1] Following the Second World War, Brockway joined Berkshire County Cricket Club, making 7 appearances for the county in the 1946 Minor Counties Championship.[1]
He later played a single first-class match in South Africa for Eastern Province against Transvaal in 1952.[2] In this match he batted once, being dismissed for a duck by Llewellyn Heaney.[3]
Brockway also umpired in a single first-class match, between Ireland and Scotland in 1939.[4] He died in Harare, Zimbabwe on 15 June 1985.
References
edit- ^ a b "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Charles Brockway". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Charles Brockway". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ "Eastern Province v Transvaal, 1951/52 Currie Cup". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ "Charles Brockway as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
External links
edit- Charles Brockway at ESPNcricinfo
- Charles Brockway at CricketArchive