Country: | England |
Fullname: | Charles William Atholl Oakeley |
Birth Date: | 25 October 1828 |
Birth Place: | Ealing, Middlesex, England |
Death Place: | Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England |
Batting: | Unknown |
Club1: | Oxford University |
Year1: | 1848 |
Club2: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
Year2: | 1857 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 2 |
Runs1: | 26 |
Bat Avg1: | 8.66 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 15 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
Date: | 15 February |
Year: | 2020 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/18358.html Cricinfo |
Sir Charles William Atholl Oakeley, 4th Baronet (25 October 1828 – 2 November 1915) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the Bengal Army.
The son of Sir Herbert Oakeley and Atholl Keturah Murray-Aynsley, he was born at Ealing in October 1828.[1] He was educated at Eton College,[2] succeeding his father as the 4th Baronet while studying at Eton in 1845.[1] From Eton, he went up to Christ Church, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Lord's in 1848.[3] Batting twice in the match, he scored 7 runs in the Oxford first-innings before he was dismissed by Alfred Diver, while in their second-innings he was run out, having scored a single run.[4]
After graduating from Oxford, Oakeley served in the Bengal Army in British India, rising to the rank of captain in the Bengal Cavalry.[2] He made a second appearance in first-class cricket, captaining the MCC against Oxford University at Oxford in 1857.[3] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 3 runs in the MCC first-innings by Cloudesley Marsham, while in their second-innings he was unbeaten on 15.[5] He later served as a justice of the peace for Kent.[2] Oakeley was married twice during his life, firstly to Ellen Parsons in 1860, with the marriage lasting until her death in 1895, and secondly to Elizabeth Tuson in 1896.[1] Oakeley died at Tunbridge Wells in November 1915. He was succeeded as the 5th Baronet by his son, Charles.[1]