| Charles Dunlop | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Charles Edward Dunlop |
| Birth Date: | 25 June 1870 |
| Birth Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Kensington, London, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Role: | Batsman |
| Club1: | Somerset |
| Type1: | First-class |
| Debutdate1: | 9 June |
| Debutyear1: | 1892 |
| Debutfor1: | Somerset |
| Debutagainst1: | Oxford University |
| Lastdate1: | 17 June |
| Lastyear1: | 1905 |
| Lastfor1: | Somerset |
| Lastagainst1: | Sussex |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 43 |
| Runs1: | 1172 |
| Bat Avg1: | 16.50 |
| 100S/50S1: | - /5 |
| Top Score1: | 65 |
| Deliveries1: | 90 |
| Wickets1: | 2 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 20.50 |
| Fivefor1: | - |
| Tenfor1: | - |
| Best Bowling1: | 2/29 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 20/ - |
| Date: | 4 July |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3526/3526.html CricketArchive |
Charles Edward Dunlop (25 June 1870 – 21 August 1911) played first-class cricket for Somerset from 1892 to 1905.[1] He was born at Edinburgh, Scotland and died at Kensington, London.
Dunlop was a middle to lower order right-handed batsman. He played for Somerset in around half a dozen matches in several seasons from 1892 onwards without ever being a regular player or a particularly prolific contributor to the county's run-getting. A history of Somerset cricket written 80 years after Dunlop's last appearance for the side said he was "played mainly for his enthusiastic fielding".[2]
Dunlop was educated at Merchiston Castle School and at the University of Oxford, though he did not make any appearances for the Oxford cricket team.[3]
His first first-class appearances for Somerset came in 1892: he played seven times that season, but made only 75 runs in these games.[4] There was more success in fewer games in 1893, and he passed 50 in three innings, with a highest of 64 in the match against Gloucestershire at Taunton, when the bowling included two versions of W. G. Grace, both senior and junior.[5]
The younger Grace was one of only two first-class bowling victims for Dunlop - the other was the Anglo-Australian Test player J. J. Ferris, both of them in the match against Gloucestershire at Bristol in 1894.[6] This was the only first-class game in which Dunlop bowled more than a few balls, and his bowling style is not known, but in a minor match for Scotland against Lancashire in 1895, he opened the bowling with some success.[7]
As a batsman, there were no 50s for Dunlop in first-class matches in 1894, but he returned to better form in 1895 and his aggregate of 282 runs for the season was his highest.[4] Included in this was his highest first-class score, an innings of 65 when used as an opener for Somerset in a successful second innings run chase against Kent at Taunton.[8]
After 1895, Dunlop's appearances for Somerset became more spasmodic and less successful. There were a few matches in 1897, then again in 1900, 1901 and 1902 and a final game in 1905, but in none of these seasons did he pass 50 again.[4]