Charles Hunter (cricketer)

Charles Herbert Hunter (18 April 1867 – 2 April 1955) was an English cricketer. He played in three first-class cricket matches between 1889 and 1895. He was born in Lee in London in 1867, the son of a wealthy timber merchant.[1][2]

Hunter was educated at Uppingham School where he played cricket as a wicket-keeper for the school XI. He went up to Cambridge University and played one first-class match for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1889, suffering somewhat by Gregor MacGregor being a contemporary at both Uppingham and Cambridge.[2] He played club cricket Bickley Park Cricket Club and in 1894 played twice for the Kent County Cricket Club Second XI before making two first-class appearances for the side in 1895.[3][4] He continued to play club cricket for a variety of sides into the 1900s.[2]

After marrying Euphemia Parke at Quebec City in Canada in 1899, Hunter worked first as a solicitor's clerk before taking over the family timber business. The couple had one son. After retiring to live in Devon, he died at Budleigh Salterton in April 1955 aged 87.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b Charles Hunter, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  2. ^ a b c d Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), p.282. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
  3. ^ Hunter, Mr Charles Herbert, Obituaries in 1955, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1956. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  4. ^ Charles Hunter, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-11-17.

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