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Charles Congdon (cricketer)

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Full name
  
Charles Hector Congdon

Name
  
Charles Congdon

1921-1929
  
Royal Navy


Bowling style
  
Not known

Batting style
  
Right-handed

Role
  
Cricket Player

Born
  
29 August 1891 (
1891-08-29
)
Ireland Island, Sandys Parish, Bermuda

First-class debut
  
24 June 1921 Royal Navy v Army

Last First-class
  
31 July 1929 Royal Navy v Royal Air Force

Died
  
January 11, 1958, Boughton Street

Charles Hector Congdon (29 August 1891 in Ireland Island, Sandys Parish, Bermuda – 11 January 1958 in Boughton Street, Kent, England) was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played nine first-class matches for the Royal Navy between 1921 and 1929.

Career

Charles Congdon made his first-class debut for the Royal Navy at Lord's in June 1921 against the Army. He played in the fixture again in 1922, 1923 and 1925. In 1926, he played for the Straits Settlements against the Federated Malay States, playing again in the fixture the following year, a year in which he also played for Malaya against Shanghai and Hong Kong.

Back in England, he played two first-class matches for the Royal Navy against the Army and the RAF in 1928, and played against those two teams and the MCC in 1929. He played for the MCC against Ireland in Dublin in 1932.

References

Charles Congdon (cricketer) Wikipedia