Charles Trower

Charles Francis Trower (21 April 1817 – 3 June 1891) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.

Early life The son of John Trower and his second wife Sophia Baker, he was born at Marylebone in April 1817. An elder half-brother was Walter John Trower. He was educated at Winchester College, before going up to Exeter College, Oxford.

Cricket career While studying at Oxford, he made three appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University, playing twice in 1838 against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and Cambridge University, before making a third appearance against the MCC in 1840. He scored a total of 116 runs in his three matches, at an average of 19.33 and a high score of 48.

Legal career and later life A student of the Inner Temple, he was called to the bar in November 1842. He was the secretary of presentations to Lord Chancellor Westbury in 1862 and was also the author of a number of legal publications.

Trower married Frances Mary Bradley on 18 December 1843 in Southampton, living mostly in Sussex he died at Kensington in June 1891.