Fullname: | Charles Orby Wombwell |
Birth Date: | 3 April 1813 |
Birth Place: | Stowlangtoft, Suffolk, England |
Death Place: | Victoria, London, England |
Family: | George Wombwell (father) |
Batting: | Unknown |
Club1: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
Year1: | 1845 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 2 |
Runs1: | 6 |
Bat Avg1: | 3.00 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 4 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
Date: | 2 October |
Year: | 2018 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/23420.html Cricinfo |
Charles Orby Wombwell (3 April 1813 – 14 September 1898) was an English first-class cricketer.
Wombwell was born at Stowlangtoft, Suffolk in April 1813, the son of Sir George Wombwell and his wife Eliza Little.[1] He played in two first-class cricket matches, the first came in 1845 for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against the West of England at Cricket Down, Bath.[2] His second match came for the Surrey Club against the MCC at The Oval in 1848.[2] He held the rank of cornet in the 10th Royal Hussars.[1] He married Charlotte Catherine Hunter in May 1836, with the couple having one child.[1] He later married Frances Jane Baillie in September 1865, with the couple also having one child.[1] He died at Victoria, London in September 1898.[1]