| Charles Morris | |
| Fullname: | Charles Morris |
| Birth Date: | 1840 |
| Date: | 18 May |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37957.html ESPNcricinfo |
Charles Morris (born 1840, date of death unknown) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played one first-class match for Otago during the 1863–64 season.[1] [2]
An opening batsman who had come to New Zealand from Victoria,[3] [4] Morris scored only 1 and 2 in his only match, but he has the distinction of having faced the first delivery in New Zealand first-class cricket. He also scored the first run, and shortly afterwards became the first batsman to be dismissed.[5] [6] [7] At the time he was the captain of the newly founded North Dunedin Cricket Club.[8]
A few weeks later Morris won a bat for making Otago's equal top score (12) in the match against the touring English team.[9] He was one of only four New Zealand batsmen who reached double figures in the three matches against the English team.[10] He is known to have played club cricket in Dunedin, but no details of his life after 1865 are known.[4]