Charles Brockway
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| Full name | Walter Charles Brockway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 March 1907 Blandford Forum, Dorset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 June 1985 (aged 78) Harare, Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1951/52 | Eastern Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1948 | Berkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1929–1938 | Dorset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 1 June 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Walter Charles Brockway (7 May 1907 – 15 June 1985) was an English cricketer. Brockway was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Blandford Forum, Dorset.
Brockway made his debut for Dorset in the 1929 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. He played Minor counties cricket for Dorset from 1929 to 1938, making 70 appearances.[1] Following the Second World War, Brockway joined Berkshire County Cricket Club, making 7 appearances for the county in the 1946 Minor Counties Championship.[1]
He later played a single first-class match in South Africa for Eastern Province against Transvaal in 1952.[2] In this match he batted once, being dismissed for a duck by Llewellyn Heaney.[3]
Brockway also umpired in a single first-class match, between Ireland and Scotland in 1939.[4] He died in Harare, Zimbabwe on 15 June 1985.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Charles Brockway". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Charles Brockway". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ "Eastern Province v Transvaal, 1951/52 Currie Cup". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ "Charles Brockway as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
External links[edit]
- Charles Brockway at ESPNcricinfo
- Charles Brockway at CricketArchive