About Charles Crofts
Lived 1822 – 1893 (aged 70). Charles Crofts was a British cricketer.
Charles Daniel Crofts (30 August 1822 – 15 April 1893) was an English cricketer. Crofts' batting and bowling styles are unknown.
Crofts was born at Lewes, Sussex, and was educated at Winchester College and St John's College, Cambridge. He made a single first-class appearance for Sussex against Nottinghamshire in 1840 at Trent Bridge. In Sussex's first-innings, he was dismissed for a duck by Thomas Barker, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for the same score by Sam Redgate. While studying at the University of Cambridge, he later made two first-class appearances for Cambridge University Cricket Club against Cambridge Town Club and Oxford University in 1843, though with little success.
He died at Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, on 15 April 1893.
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Who was Charles Crofts?
cricketer (1822-1893)
When was Charles Crofts born?
Charles Crofts was born on 30 August 1822 in Lewes.
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Charles Crofts died on 15 April 1893 in Caythorpe.
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Charles Crofts was a cricketer.
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Charles Crofts was British.
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· DBpedia: Charles Crofts (cricketer)
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