Charles Congdon (cricketer)
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| Full name | Charles Hector Congdon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
29 August 1891 Ireland Island, Sandys Parish, Bermuda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
11 January 1958 (aged 66) Boughton Street, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Not known | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921-1929 | Royal Navy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 24 June 1921 Royal Navy v Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 31 July 1929 Royal Navy v Royal Air Force | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 15 December 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charles Hector Congdon (29 August 1891 in Ireland Island, Sandys Parish, Bermuda – 11 January 1958 in Boughton Street, Kent, England) was an English cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman, he played nine first-class matches for the Royal Navy between 1921 and 1929.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4]
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.[3] He played for the MCC against Ireland in Dublin in 1932.[4]