Charles Stone (cricketer)

Charles Stone
Personal information
Full name Charles Cecil Stone
Born 13 June 1865
Knighton, Leicestershire,
England
Died 11 November 1951(1951-11-11) (aged 86)
Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1899 Oxfordshire
18951896 Leicestershire
18941896 Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 14
Runs scored 203
Batting average 8.12
100s/50s /1
Top score 55
Balls bowled 20
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 4/
Source: Cricinfo, 10 February 2013

Charles Cecil Stone (13 June 1865 11 November 1951) was an English cricketer. Stone was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Knighton, Leicestershire.

Stone made his first-class debut for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Leicestershire at Lord's in 1894.[1] The following season he made his debut for Leicestershire in a first-class match against the Marylebone Cricket Club, with him making three further first-class appearances for the county in the 1895 County Championship, as well as a further appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Hampshire.[1] The following season he made two first-class appearances for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire.[1] He also made three first-class appearances for Leicestershire in the 1896 County Championship against Yorkshire, Warwickshire and Hampshire.[1] He later toured the West Indies with A. A. Priestley's XI in 1896–97, making three first-class appearances during the tour against Barbados.[1] He made a single half century in first-class cricket, scoring 55 runs for Leicestershire against Hampshire in 1896.[2] He scored 107 runs for Leicestershire at an average of 7.57.[3] He later played for Oxfordshire in the 1899 Minor Counties Championship, making three appearances.[4]

He died at Eastbourne, Sussex on 11 November 1951.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "First-Class Matches played by Charles Stone". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  2. "Hampshire v Leicestershire, 1896 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  3. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Charles Stone". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  4. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Charles Stone". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2013.

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