Charles Belton

Charles Belton

Personal information
Full name	Charles Harris Belton
Born	30 April 1820 Aylesford, Kent
Died	1 January 1891(1891-01-01) (aged 70) Chatham, Kent
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1847	Kent
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 2 Runs scored 89 Batting average 10.25 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 23 Catches/stumpings 7/–
Source: CricInfo, 27 June 2014

Charles Harris Belton (christened 30 April 1820 – 1 January 1891) was an English cricketer. Born at Aylesford, Kent, Belton was a batsman who played regularly for Town Malling during the 1840s and 1850s.[1][2]

Belton made two first-class cricket appearance for Kent County Cricket Club in 1847. Both came against Surrey, firstly at The Oval and then at Preston Hall, Aylesford.[3] Belton scored 41 runs in his two matches, with a top-score of 23. He took seven catches.[4]

Belton was the son of a farm bailiff and worked in a variety of jobs, including as an agricultural labourer, a beer retailer and in Chatham Dockyard. He married Sarah Usher and had six children.[1] He died of a cerebral haemorrhage at Chatham, Kent on 1 January 1891.[1][2]

References

1. Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), p. 52. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 21 December 2020.)
2. Charles Belton, CricInfo. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
3. "First-Class Matches played by Charles Belton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
4. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Charles Belton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 June 2014.

External links

Charles Belton at ESPNcricinfo