Charles Frazer (cricketer)

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

Charles Frazer
Personal information
Full name
Charles Ewan Frazer
Born23 September 1905
Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia
Died30 April 1971(1971-04-30) (aged 65)
Tenterden, Kent, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm slow
RelationsJohn Frazer (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
19271928Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 4
Runs scored 101
Batting average 12.62
100s/50s –/–
Top score 42
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 21 February 2019

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.

References

  1. "Obituaries: Mr J. E. Frazer", The Times, London, no. 44471, p. 12, 5 January 1927
  2. Hardy, Henry John (1923). Winchester College, 1867-1920 (2nd ed.). P. and G. Wells. p. 542.
  3. Elliott, Sir Ivo D'Oyly (1953). The Balliol College Register (3rd ed.). University Press. p. 253.
  4. "First-Class Matches played by Charles Frazer". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  5. "Player profile: Charles Frazer". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  6. "No. 34630". The London Gazette. 30 May 1939.
  7. "No. 36456". The London Gazette. 4 April 1944.
  8. "No. 37407". The London Gazette. 28 December 1945.
  9. "No. 40785". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 May 1956.
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