Charles Clark
Personal information
Full name
Charles Croom Clark
Born(1883-07-13)13 July 1883
Auckland, New Zealand
Died6 August 1970(1970-08-06) (aged 87)
Thames, New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1913-14Auckland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 3
Runs scored 60
Batting average 15.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 15*
Balls bowled 422
Wickets 11
Bowling average 30.90
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/108
Catches/stumpings 1/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 31 July 2020

Charles Groom Clark (13 July 1883 6 August 1970) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played three first-class matches for Auckland in 1913/14.[1][2]

An opening bowler, Clark took 5 for 108 in the second innings of his first first-class match in January 1914.[3] He continued playing senior cricket well into his forties. In December 1926 he opened the bowling and took 7 for 16 and 6 for 110 as Taranaki defeated Wanganui to win the Hawke Cup for the first time.[4] In February 1930, at the age of 46, he took 3 for 100 when Taranaki lost to the touring MCC.[5]

Clark worked as a carpenter. He served overseas in World War I with the 1st New Zealand Cyclist Company of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.[6]

See also

References

  1. "Charles Clark". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  2. "Charles Clark". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  3. "Canterbury v Auckland 1913-14". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  4. "Wanganui v Taranaki 1926-27". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  5. "Taranaki v MCC 1929-30". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  6. "Charles Groom Clark". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 31 July 2020 via Online Cenotaph.
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