Charles Gore (cricketer) explained

Charles Gore
Fullname:Charles St George Gore
Birth Date:1 October 1871
Birth Place:Wellington, New Zealand
Death Place:Wellington, New Zealand
Batting:Right-handed
Family:Arthur Gore (brother)
Club1:Wellington
Year1:1891-92 to 1903-04
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:25
Runs1:677
Bat Avg1:16.92
100S/50S1:0/2
Top Score1:57
Deliveries1:
Wickets1:
Bowl Avg1:
Fivefor1:
Tenfor1:
Best Bowling1:
Catches/Stumpings1:12/0
Date:2 April 2017
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/37177.html Cricinfo

Charles St George Gore (1 October 1871 – 11 December 1913) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1891 to 1904.

Life and career

Charles Gore was one of eight children – four sons and four daughters – of Richard Benjamin Gore, who was curator of the Colonial Museum in Wellington, Government Meteorological Observer and Statistician, and Secretary to the Geological Survey Department, the New Zealand Institute and the Wellington Philosophical Society.[1] His brothers Arthur and Ross were, like him, first-class cricketers. All four brothers were prominent tennis players in New Zealand.

A free-scoring batsman who sometimes opened the innings, and a fine fieldsman,[2] Charles Gore played in the New Zealand cricket team's first first-class match, against the touring New South Wales team in 1893–94.[3] He made his highest score of 57 when he and Arnold Williams added 137 for the fourth wicket for Wellington against Canterbury in 1896–97.[4]

A popular member of sporting and social circles in Wellington, he worked in the Crown Lands Office. He died of pneumonia at the age of 42.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Evening Post . 29 January 1904 . 5 . Death of Mr. R. B. Gore .
  2. News: Dominion . 12 December 1913 . 4 . Mr. Charles Gore.
  3. Web site: New Zealand v New South Wales 1893-94. CricketArchive. 2 April 2017.
  4. Web site: Canterbury v Wellington 1896-97. CricketArchive. 2 April 2017.