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Charles Chambers

1870 – 1921

English cricketer

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Lived 1870 – 1921 (aged 50). Charles Chambers was a British cricketer.

Charles Graham Chambers (12 July 1870 – 30 January 1921) was an English cricketer who made one appearance in first-class cricket in 1894. He was a right-handed batsman.

Early life and education Chambers is the son of a Dorset reverend. He began his education at Marlborough College in January 1882, where he later played for the cricket XI and rugby XV.

He left Marlborough in the mid-summer of 1889, after which he proceeded to study at Lincoln College, Oxford.

In a match which Yorkshire won by 10 wickets, Chambers scored 16 runs in Liverpool and District first-innings, before being dismissed bowled by Thomas Foster. In Yorkshire's first-innings he bowled 3 wicketless overs which conceded 13 runs, and in Liverpool and District second-innings he scored 5 runs before Foster had him dismissed caught behind by David Hunter.

Chambers had moved south by 1896, where he was employed as a solicitor at Friar Street in Reading, Berkshire. It was at Reading that he died on 30 January 1921.

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Marlborough College, Lincoln College
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Charles Graham Chambers

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Who was Charles Chambers?

English cricketer (1870-1921)

When was Charles Chambers born?

Charles Chambers was born on 12 July 1870 in West Ilsley.

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Charles Chambers died on 30 January 1921 in Reading.

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Charles Chambers was a cricketer.

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Charles Chambers was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Charles Chambers

· Wikidata: Q21131667

· DBpedia: Charles Chambers (cricketer)

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