About Charles Hope
Lived 1837 – 1916 (aged 78). Charles Hope was a cricketer.
Charles Southern Hope (9 November 1837 — 18 March 1916) was an English first-class cricketer and tea broker.
The son of Charles Hope, he was born in November 1837. He was educated at Winchester College, where he described by Wisden as "one of the best players in the [cricket] eleven". He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club on four occasions in 1858 and 1859, making three appearances against Cambridge University and one appearance against Oxford University. He scored 26 runs in these matches, in addition to taking a single wicket. By profession, Hope was a tea broker in China and Japan from 1859 to 1867.
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Who was Charles Hope?
English cricketer and merchant
When was Charles Hope born?
Charles Hope was born on 9 November 1837.
When did Charles Hope die?
Charles Hope died on 18 March 1916 in Kensington, London.
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Charles Hope was a cricketer.
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