Charles Baldwin (cricketer)

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Charles Baldwin
Personal information
Full name
Charles Baldwin
Born(1864-12-29)29 December 1864
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Died2 May 1947(1947-05-02) (aged 82)
Tylers Green, Buckinghamshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingUnknown-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1892–1898Surrey
1904Suffolk
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 80
Runs scored 2,757
Batting average 24.18
100s/50s 3/10
Top score 234
Balls bowled 135
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 55/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 July 2023

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]

Surrey's County Championship winning side of 1894, with Baldwin seated on the ground, front, right (from a photo on display in the pavilion at The Oval)

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  1. ^ "Charles Baldwin". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  2. ^ Gordon Ross (1971). A History of County Cricket: Surrey. Arthur Barker Limited. p. 60. ISBN 0213003902.
  3. ^ a b Obituaries in 1947. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. 1948. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Charles Baldwin as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Charles Baldwin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 July 2023.

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