Charles Congdon | |
Country: | England |
Fullname: | Charles Hector Congdon |
Birth Date: | 29 August 1891 |
Birth Place: | Ireland Island, Sandys Parish, Bermuda |
Death Place: | Boughton Street, Kent, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Not known |
Role: | Batsman |
Club1: | Royal Navy |
Year1: | 1921-1929 |
Type1: | First-class |
Debutdate1: | 24 June |
Debutyear1: | 1921 |
Debutfor1: | Royal Navy |
Debutagainst1: | Army |
Lastdate1: | 31 July |
Lastyear1: | 1929 |
Lastfor1: | Royal Navy |
Lastagainst1: | Royal Air Force |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 9 |
Runs1: | 652 |
Bat Avg1: | 38.35 |
100S/50S1: | 2/3 |
Top Score1: | 128 |
Deliveries1: | 84 |
Wickets1: | 3 |
Bowl Avg1: | 25.00 |
Fivefor1: | 0 |
Tenfor1: | 0 |
Best Bowling1: | 2/11 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 4/0 |
Date: | 15 December |
Year: | 2007 |
Source: | http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28674/28674.html CricketArchive |
Charles Hector Congdon (29 August 1891 in Ireland Island, Sandys Parish, Bermuda – 11 January 1958 in Boughton Street, Kent, England) was an English cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman, he played nine first-class matches for the Royal Navy between 1921 and 1929.[2]
Charles Congdon made his first-class debut for the Royal Navy at Lord's in June 1921 against the Army. He played in the fixture again in 1922, 1923 and 1925.[3] In 1926, he played for the Straits Settlements against the Federated Malay States, playing again in the fixture the following year, a year in which he also played for Malaya against Shanghai and Hong Kong.[4]
Back in England, he played two first-class matches for the Royal Navy against the Army and the RAF in 1928, and played against those two teams and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1929.[3] He played for the MCC against Ireland in Dublin in 1932.[4]