Charles Fry

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Charles Anthony Fry, born January 14, 1940, Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire is an ex-First Class cricketer and now a cricket administrator. He is the grandson of the legendary C B Fry – his father Stephen Fry also played First Class cricket for Hampshire.

Charles Fry was educated at Repton School where he was captain of cricket. He made his first-class debut for Oxford University in 1959 scoring 576 runs at an average of 26.18 including a maiden century against the Free Foresters and won a Blue. He subsequently played in two more Varsity matches as a middle-order batsman in the second of which he stood in as wicket-keeper.

Fry played a handful of matches for Hampshire in the 1960 season in one of which he was twice bowled (for 14 and 1) in a match (versus Sussex) by one of his successors as President of the MCC Robin Marlar. He did not appear for the County in their championship winning season in 1961.

Fry appeared once for Northamptonshire in 1962 and a couple of times for the Free Foresters against his old University later in the 1960s. Fry has had a long association with the Marylebone Cricket Club whose President he became in 2003-04. He was widely praised for choosing Tom Graveney as his successor – the first time an ex professional cricketer had held this office. Fry was, however, criticised by some for creating the new role of MCC “Chairman” for himself – a position he still holds [1]. Fry is seen as an establishment figure and he robustly defends MCC traditions – sometimes ruffling a few members' feathers along the way.

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"Cricinfo" entry: [2]

"Cricket Archive" playing record [3]