Charles Walter Albyn Napier (28 October 1817 – 23 December 1908) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.
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| Full name | Charles Walter Albyn Napier | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 October 1817 East Pennard, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 December 1908 (aged 91) Chichester, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown-arm fast | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Milo Talbot (nephew) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1838 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
| 1838–1839 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 14 July 2019 | |||||||||||||||
The son of Gerard Martin Berkely Napier and his wife, Mary Paul Napier, he was born at East Pennard, Somerset.[1] He was educated at Harrow School,[2] before going up to Christ Church, Oxford.[3] While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University at Oxford in 1838, following this up by featuring in the return fixture at Lord's.[4] In the same year he made his debut for Oxford University against Cambridge University, before featuring in three further matches for Oxford in 1839 and obtaining his blue.[5] He also featured for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket team against the MCC in 1839.[4] His final first-class appearance came in 1841 for the Fast Bowlers in the Fast v Slow match of 1841 at Lord's.[4]
After graduating from Oxford, he became an Anglican clergyman. He was the vicar of St Peter's Church at Evercreech in 1843, before becoming the rector at Wiston, Sussex.[3] He was later the prebendary of Chichester Cathedral.[1] He died at Chichester in December 1908.[5] His wife, Marianne Flora Etruria Talbot, the daughter of James Talbot, 3rd Baron Talbot of Malahide, predeceased him by 30 years. The couple had two sons.[1] His nephew, Milo Talbot, also played first-class cricket.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Reverend Charles Walter Albyn Napier". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ Welch, Reginald Courtenay (1894). The Harrow School Register, 1801-1893. Longmans, Green. pp. 99.
- ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ a b c "First-Class Matches played by Charles Napier". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Wisden - Obituaries in 1909". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2019.