Charles Fry
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| Full name | Charles Anthony Fry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
14 January 1940 Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicketkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Stephen Fry (Father), C B Fry (Grandfather) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962 | Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959–1961 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 25 September 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charles Anthony Fry, born 14 January 1940, Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, is a former first-class cricketer and now a cricket administrator.[1] 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, sharing an unbroken fifth-wicket partnership of 256 with Abbas Ali Baig which remains a first-class record for the fifth wicket for Oxford.[2] He won a Blue and 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.[3] 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 has held many other positions within the MCC, including chairman of the club itself and, most recently, chairman of the MCC Foundation.[4]
References
- ↑ "Player Profile: Charles Fry". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ↑ "Scorecard: Oxford University v Free Foresters". CricketArchive. 6 June 1959. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ↑ "Scorecard: Hampshire v Sussex". CricketArchive. 27 July 1960. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ↑ Who's who in the MCC Foundation Retrieved 7 February 2014.