| Charles Dryden | |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Fullname: | Charles Henry Dryden |
| Birth Date: | 13 January 1860 |
| Birth Place: | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Kawakawa, Bay of Islands, New Zealand |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm leg-spin |
| Club1: | Wellington |
| Year1: | 1884–85 to 1894–95 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 21 |
| Runs1: | 177 |
| Bat Avg1: | 5.70 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 23 |
| Deliveries1: | 2034 |
| Wickets1: | 76 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 11.42 |
| Fivefor1: | 7 |
| Tenfor1: | 2 |
| Best Bowling1: | 7/24 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 12/– |
| Date: | 16 January 2018 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/36921.html Cricinfo |
Charles Henry Dryden (13 January 1860 – 1 July 1943) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1885 to 1894.
Dryden was a leg-spin bowler – "a wily slow bowler, great in a tight corner"[1] – who achieved some impressive bowling figures for Wellington. He was also a stubborn batsman and a safe fieldsman.
Dryden's best match figures were 12 for 93 (7 for 58 and 5 for 35) in a loss to Canterbury in 1889–90, when Albert Moss took all ten Wellington wickets in the first innings.[2] He twice took his best innings figures of 7 for 24: when Nelson needed 84 to win in 1886–87 he was mainly responsible for dismissing them for 70;[3] and in 1893–94 he helped dismiss Auckland for 77.[4]
Dryden worked as a building contractor in Wellington. He and his wife had a daughter and a son. He died in hospital at Kawakawa in the Bay of Islands in July 1943, aged 83.[5] His brother Walter played one first-class match in 1885–86, alongside Charles.[6]