Charles Crofts (cricketer)
Charles Daniel Crofts (30 August 1822 – 15 April 1893) was an English cricketer. Crofts' batting and bowling styles are unknown.
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| Full name | Charles Daniel Crofts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 August 1822 Lewes, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 April 1893 (aged 70) Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1840 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1843 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 14 March 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Crofts was born at Lewes, Sussex, and was educated at Winchester College and St John's College, Cambridge.[1] He made a single first-class appearance for Sussex against Nottinghamshire in 1840 at Trent Bridge.[2] 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.[3] 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.[2]
He died at Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, on 15 April 1893.
References
- "Crofts, Charles Daniel (CRFS840CD)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- "First-Class Matches played by Charles Crofts". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- "Nottinghamshire v Sussex, 1840". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2012.