Charles Baldwin (cricketer)

Charles Baldwin

Personal information
Full name	Charles Baldwin
Born	(1864-12-29)29 December 1864 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Died	2 May 1947(1947-05-02) (aged 82) Tylers Green, Buckinghamshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Unknown-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1892–1898	Surrey
1904	Suffolk
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 80 Runs scored 2,757 Batting average 24.18 100s/50s 3/10 Top score 234 Balls bowled 135 Wickets 0 Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 55/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 July 2023

Charles Baldwin (29 December 1864 – 2 May 1947) was an English cricketer. He played 80 first-class matches for Surrey between 1892 and 1898.[1] In 1897 he scored 234 against Kent.[2] According to his obituary in Wisden, he was short and thickset, and a stylish batsman, who scored 1,137 runs in the County Championship in his best season of 1897.[3] During his playing career with Surrey, he was known to umpire in first-class matches, doing so on three occasions; he would later umpire in a further three first-class matches following the end of his playing career with Surrey.[4] He played minor counties cricket for his home county, Suffolk, in the 1904 Minor Counties Championship, making two appearances.[5] After his playing career, he was a successful coach at Uppingham School for seventeen years. When the Surrey scorer died in 1927, he took over the position for a while.[3]

Surrey's County Championship winning side of 1894, with Baldwin seated on the ground, front, right (from a photo on display in the pavilion at The Oval)

See also

• List of Surrey County Cricket Club players

References

1. "Charles Baldwin". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
2. Gordon Ross (1971). A History of County Cricket: Surrey. Arthur Barker Limited. p. 60. ISBN 0213003902.
3. Obituaries in 1947. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. 1948. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
4. "Charles Baldwin as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
5. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Charles Baldwin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 July 2023.

External links

• Charles Baldwin at ESPNcricinfo