Charles Titchmarsh
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| Full name | Charles Harold Titchmarsh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
18 February 1881 Royston, Hertfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
23 May 1930 (aged 49) Royston, Hertfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924 | Minor Counties | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1920–1928 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1900–1929 | Hertfordshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 11 October 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charles Harold Titchmarsh (18 February 1881 – 23 May 1930) was an English cricketer active in first-class cricket from 1920–1928, but was mostly associated with minor counties cricket where he played for Hertfordshire.
Born at Royston, Hertfordshire, Titchmarsh was educated at the Nonconformist College at Bishop's Stortford, where he spent two years in the cricket XI.[1] He made his debut for Hertfordshire in the 1900 Minor Counties Championship against Cambridgeshire at Fenner's.[2] He played just once for the county in 1900, while the following year he made four appearances.[2] It would not be until 1906 that he would play for the county again, but thereafter he became a regular feature in the Hertfordshire side. He was met with success in 1906, averaging 44, and up until the 1914 season he had only one poor season, in 1909 when he scored only 141 runs in seventeen innings.[1] He had his best season in 1914, when he averaged 67.[1]
He resumed playing for Hertfordshire following the First World War, and in 1920 he made his debut in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against the British Army at Lord's.[3] He played further matches for MCC in 1921 and 1922,[3] as well as being selected to play for the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players fixtures at The Oval in the same seasons.[1] He toured Australia and New Zealand in late 1922 and early 1923 under the leadership of Archie MacLaren,[1] playing fifteen first-class matches against Australian state and New Zealand provincial sides,[3] during which he scored 887 runs.[4] He played for the MCC again in England in 1923, including featuring against the touring West Indians. His continued association with Hertfordshire in minor counties cricket saw him selected to play for the combined Minor Counties cricket team in their two first-class fixture in 1924 against HDG Leveson-Gower's XI and the touring South Africans.[3] Two further appearances for the Gentlemen against the Players came in 1924 and 1925, as well as further first-class appearances for MCC. He played for the East of England cricket team against the touring New Zealanders in 1927, while in the following season he played his final first-class match for MCC against Derbyshire.[3] He made his final appearance for Hertfordshire in 1929, averaging 51 in what would be his final season with the county.[1] He made a total of 182 appearances for Hertfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship from 1900–1929.[2]
Titchmarsh was described by Wisden as possessing "a neat style of batting and strong defence, having, moreover, most of the scoring strokes at his command."[1] It went onto remark that he was a "consistent batsman who, if he had played for a first-class county, would assuredly have acquired a great reputation."[1] He played most of his first-class cricket for MCC, making 36 of his 42 appearances for them.[5] He scored 2,260 runs for MCC, averaging 41.85, making a century score four times, with a highest score of 171.[5] His overall first-class career saw him score 2,589 runs at an average of 39.22.[6] His skills as an occasional wicket-keeper were also noted.[1]
He died from a stroke at Royston on 23 May 1930.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Wisden - Obituaries in 1930". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Charles Titchmarsh". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "First-Class Matches played by Charles Titchmarsh". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Charles Titchmarsh". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- 1 2 "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Charles Titchmarsh". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ↑ "Player profile: Charles Titchmarsh". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2015.