Charles Payne (cricketer, born 1827)

For the Kent and Sussex cricketer, see Charles Payne (cricketer, born 1832).

Charles Richard Payne (20 December 1827 – 31 January 1859) was an English clergyman and a cricketer who played in one first-class cricket match for Cambridge University in 1848.[1] He was born at Hepworth, Suffolk and died at Abu Simbel, Egypt.

Payne was educated at Winchester College and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[2] He played cricket for the Winchester side as a middle-order batsman, and was picked for the Cambridge non-first-class trial matches in both 1847 and 1848. In the 1848 trial, he top-scored for the "Cambridge Second XI" in both innings, and this led to him being picked for a first-team match (the second team beat the first eleven convincingly, but some of this was to do with having John Wisden, not a Cambridge student, in their team, as he took 10 wickets).[3] Payne opened the innings and scored three runs, but this proved to be his only first-class outing as he was not required to bat in the second innings.[4]

Payne graduated from Cambridge University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1850.[2] He was ordained as a Church of England priest and was curate of Stanton, Suffolk from 1855 to his death.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Charles Payne". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 J. Venn and J. A. Venn. "Alumni Cantabrigienses: Charles Payne". Part 5. www.archive.org/Cambridge University Press. p. 52. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Scorecard: Cambridge University v Cambridge University Second XI". www.cricketarchive.com. 11 May 1848. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Scorecard: Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club". www.cricketarchive.com. 18 May 1848. Retrieved 9 December 2014.