Charles Graham "Tim" Toppin (17 April 1906 – 20 May 1972) was an English first-class cricketer who played in four matches for Worcestershire in the late 1920s.
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| Full name | Charles Graham Toppin | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 April 1906 Great Malvern, Worcestershire | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 May 1972 (aged 66) Leamington Spa, Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Tim | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1927–1928 | Worcestershire | ||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 23 July 1927 Worcestershire v Lancashire | ||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 13 July 1928 Worcestershire v Lancashire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricketarchive, 13 September 2007 | |||||||||||||||
Toppin was educated at Malvern College in Worcestershire. He was blinded in one eye by a blow from a cricket ball when he was 14.[1]
A hard-hitting batsman, Toppin scored only 17 runs in his four games for Worcestershire, but had a long and successful club cricket career for Blackheath, The Arabs, Old Malvernians and other clubs.[1][2] He appeared in a single-innings 12-a-side match for Blackheath against the touring Indians in 1932.[3]
A number of his relatives played first-class cricket. His father, also Charles, played for Cambridge University in the 1880s; three uncles (Arthur Day, Sam Day and Sydney Day) played for Kent; his brother John Toppin appeared once for Worcestershire; and his brother-in-law Basil Brooke had two games for the Royal Navy.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Bryan Valentine, "C. G. Toppin", The Cricketer, July 1972, p. 25.
- ^ "Charles Toppin". Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ "Blackheath v Indians in 1932". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2007.
- ^ "Charles Toppin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 August 2020.