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    Charles Burgess Fry.
   
    Amateur b. 25.4.1872, West Croydon, Surrey. d. 7.9.1956, Hampstead,
London. Father of Stephen (Hants), grandfather of C.A. (Hants and
Northants), cousin of K.R.B. (Sussex). Brilliant opening or middle order
right-hand batsman, right-arm fast medium bowler, good field, Sch
Repton. Teams Oxford U (1892-95, blue all four years); Sussex
(1894-1908, 236 matches); London County (1900-02); Hampshire (1909-21),
44 matches); europeans (1921/2). tour Hawke to South Africa 1895/6.
Tests England (1895/6 to 1912, 26 matches).
Career batting
394-658-4330886-258*-50.22-94-ct 240
Bowling 4872-166-29.34-9-2-6/78
Test batting
26-41-3 1223-144-32.18-ct 17
Bowling 3-0
Perhaps the most talented of all English athletes, C.B.Fry was a triple
blue at Oxford - cricket, soccer and athletics - and would have been
awarded his rugby blue , but for injury just before the University
match. He played soccer for England (v Ireland in 1901) and for
Southampton in the 1902 FA Cup Final, and held the world long jump
record in addition to his career in English Test cricket. Although he
made his Test debut in 1895/6, he did not really come to the forefront
of English batsmen until 1898, when he averaged 54.18 with the bat. The
following year he completed 2,000 runs for the first of six times and in
1901 reached 3,147 (av 78.67). In this season he hit six centuries in
successive innings and had a total of 13 hundreds to his name. In all he
completed 1,000 runs in a season 12 times.
          His appearances in Test cricket were restricted by the fact
that he never toured Australia, although invited to do so at least
twice.
          He captained England during the 1912 Triangular Series and did
not lose a match; he also led Sussex from 1904 to 1908 (jointly in 1906
with C.L.A.Smith). Of his 16 double centuries, 13 were for Sussex, two
for Hampshire and one for the Gentlemen v Players at the M.C.C. His
highest first-class innings was 258* for Hampshire v Gloucester at
Southampton in 1911.
          He stood for Parliament several times but not elected and
after the war acted as India's representative at the League of Nations.
He was offered the Kingship of Albania, but declined.
          A noted writer on cricket and other games he published his own
magazine for some years as well as his autobiography in 1939.
Extract from "Who's Who Of Cricketers".
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