Charles Morse (cricketer)

Charles Morse (20 August 1820 – 25 March 1883) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, the Marylebone Cricket Club, the All-England team and other amateur teams between 1842 and 1862.[1] He was born in Norwich, Norfolk and died at Dresden in Germany.

Morse was educated at Dedham, Essex and at Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] He played cricket as a lower-order right-handed batsman for the Cambridge University side from 1842 to 1844 and appeared in the University Match against Oxford University in all three seasons.[1] But his only innings of note in this period was a score of 82 made for the MCC against Cambridge University in 1844; this proved to be his highest first-class score and his only score over 50 in a 20-year cricket career spanning 40 first-class games.[3] A contemporary report described his innings: "Mr. Morse played with caution, and now and then indulged in a severity of hitting which was really cricket."[4]

Morse graduated from Cambridge University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1844 and then was admitted to the Inner Temple; he was called to the bar in 1848 but never practised as a barrister.[2] Instead he settled at Aylsham and became a Justice of the Peace and deputy lieutenant of Norfolk.[2] This career enabled him to continue to play cricket fairly frequently through to his 40s, though rarely did he make much impact as a batsman, and he did not bowl in major matches.[1] In 1849, for example, he was a member of a very strong "England" side (the All-England Eleven) in a game against Surrey, playing alongside John Wisden, Alfred Mynn, Fuller Pilch and Jemmy Dean.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Charles Morse". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 J. Venn and J. A. Venn. "Alumni Cantabrigienses: Charles Morse". www.archive.org/Cambridge University Press. p. 475. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Scorecard: Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club". www.cricketarchive.com. 16 May 1844. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Marylebone v Cambridge". Cambridge Independent Press/British Newspaper Archive (Cambridge). 18 May 1844. p. 2. (subscription required (help)).
  5. ↑ "Scorecard: England v Surrey". www.cricketarchive.com. 18 June 1849. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
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