Charles Frazer (cricketer)

Charles Ewan Frazer OBE (23 September 1905 – 30 April 1971) was an Australian-born English first-class cricketer.

Frazer was born at Sydney, the son of an Australian doctor who took his medical degree at the University of Oxford and then settled at East Grinstead, Sussex.[1] He was educated at Winchester College,[2] before going up to Balliol College, Oxford.[3] While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Lancashire at Oxford in 1927.[4] He made two further appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford, with a second match in 1927 against Leicestershire, before playing against Derbyshire in 1928.[4] Frazer also made one first-class appearance for the Free Foresters in 1927 against Oxford University.[4] He scored a total of 101 run across his four matches, with a high score of 43.[5] After graduating from Oxford, Frazer became a solicitor.

Shortly before the start of the Second World War, Frazer joined the Royal Artillery as a second lieutenant (having previously been a cadet sergeant in the Winchester College Cadet Contingent).[6] Frazer was mentioned in dispatches for gallantry during action in the Middle East.[7] He was made an OBE in the 1946 New Year Honours, by which point he held the temporary rank of colonel.[8] He exceeded the age for recall in May 1956 and was removed from the Territorial Army Reserve List, retaining the honorary rank of colonel.[9]

He died at Tenterden in April 1971. His older brother, John, also played first-class cricket.