Harry Charlwood

Henry Rupert James Charlwood (19 December 1846 – 6 June 1888) was a professional cricketer who played for England in the first two Test matches against Australia in 1877. He played for Sussex from 1865 to 1882.

Harry Charlwood
Charlwood in 1876
Personal information
Full name
Henry Rupert James Charlwood
Born(1846-12-19)19 December 1846
Horsham, Sussex, England
Died6 June 1888(1888-06-06) (aged 41)
Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingUnderarm (lob)
RelationsCharles Charlwood (brother)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 2)15 March 1877 v Australia
Last Test4 April 1877 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1865–1882Sussex
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 2 197
Runs scored 63 7,017
Batting average 15.75 21.19
100s/50s 0/0 5/33
Top score 36 155
Balls bowled – 128
Wickets – 4
Bowling average – 22.25
5 wickets in innings – 0
10 wickets in match – 0
Best bowling – 2/12
Catches/stumpings 0/– 89/–
Source: CricketArchive, 26 December 2009

Life and career

Harry Charlwood was a top-order batsman and occasional lob bowler who was one of Sussex's leading players in a lean period for the club.[1] His highest score in first-class cricket was 155 for Players of the South against Gentlemen of the South in 1869.[2] His highest score for Sussex was 123 in the victory over Kent in 1876, when no one else on either side reached 50.[3] He also played many minor matches for the United South of England Eleven between 1866 and 1880.[4]

Charlwood toured with James Lillywhite's team on the first cricket tour of Australia that included Test matches. Australia won the toss for the First Test and elected to bat. When England batted he joined Harry Jupp (16 not out) when England were 23 for 1. He and Jupp put on 56 runs for the second wicket, England's first 50 partnership in Tests. Charlwood made 36, which was the fourth-highest innings of the match. He added a further 13 in the second innings, just missing out on becoming the third Test batsman to score 50 runs in a career.[5]

When the English team toured New Zealand just before the First Test, Charlwood won a greenstone pendant, crafted by a local jeweller, for making the highest score in the match against Wellington.[6] He scored 56; no one else in the match exceeded 25.[7] He had also top-scored in the previous match, against Auckland, making 65 in a "most brilliant display of scientific cricket" when no one else exceeded 44.[8] Lillywhite's XI won both matches by an innings.[9]

Charlwood was less successful after the tour, seldom reaching 50. His first-class career faded after he married and went to live in Derbyshire and then Scarborough, where he was the landlord of the Bell Hotel.[10][1][11]

References
  1. "Harry Charlwood". Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  2. "Gentlemen of the South v Players of the South 1869". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  3. "Sussex v Kent 1876". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  4. "Miscellaneous Matches played by Henry Charlwood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  5. "1st Test, England tour of Australia at Melbourne, Mar 15-19 1877". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  6. "[Untitled]". New Zealand Times: 2. 12 February 1877.
  7. "Wellington v James Lillywhite's XI 1876-77". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  8. "The English Eleven at Auckland". Evening Post: 2. 30 January 1877.
  9. "Auckland v James Lillywhite's XI 1876-77". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  10. "First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Henry Charlwood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  11. "Pavilion Gossip", Cricket, 14 June 1888, p. 210.
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