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| Full name | Charles Burgess Fry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 April 1872 Croydon, Surrey, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 September 1956 (aged 84) Hampstead, London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Beatrice Holme Sumner (wife) Stephen Fry (son) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 95) | 13 February 1896 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 22 August 1912 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1892–1895 | Oxford University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1900–1902 | London County | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1894–1908 | Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1909–1921 | Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921/22 | Europeans (India) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Charles Burgess Fry (25 April 1872 – 7 September 1956) was an English sportsman, teacher, writer, editor and publisher, who is best remembered for his career as a cricketer.[1] John Arlott described him with the words: "Charles Fry could be autocratic, angry and self-willed: he was also magnanimous, extravagant, generous, elegant, brilliant – and fun ... he was probably the most variously gifted Englishman of any age."[2]
Fry's achievements on the sporting field included representing England at both cricket and football,[3] an FA Cup Final appearance for Southampton and equalling the then-world record for the long jump.[4] He also reputedly turned down the throne of Albania. In later life, he suffered mental health problems, but even well into his seventies he claimed he was still able to perform his party trick: leaping from a stationary position backwards onto a mantelpiece.[5][6][7][8]
- ^ "Off-side – a cricketing XI that made strides in football". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ Arlott 1984, pp. 20–23.
- ^ "Royalty on the cricket field". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "A Boy's Own tale". ESPNcricinfo. 12 April 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ Wilton, Iain (June 2004). "Charles Fry – Up with the Gods". ESPN. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ "The great all-rounder – C.B. Fry". angelfire. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ Ellis 1984, p. 34.
- ^ Wilton 2000, p. 94.