Charles Rucker

Charles Edward Sigismund Rucker (4 September 1894 – 24 November 1965) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Rucker was born at Chislehurst in September 1894. He was educated at Charterhouse School, before going up to University College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, Rucker made five appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1914. A right-arm fast bowler, he took 13 wickets at an average of 22.23, with two five wicket hauls and best figures of 6 for 69. With the bat, he scored 66 runs with a high score of 26 not out.

His studies at Oxford were interrupted by the First World War, with Rucker being commissioned in the British Army in October 1916 as a second lieutenant. He was a temporary lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) by October 1915, He was decorated with the Military Cross (MC) in January 1916, the citation for which appeared in The London Gazette that month and reads as follows:

He relinquished his commission in January 1918 on account of ill health, having lost a leg in action.