Charles de Trafford
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Full name | Charles Edmund de Trafford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Trafford Park, Stretford, England |
21 May 1864||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Rothley, Leicestershire, England |
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Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman, captain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Sir Humphrey de Trafford (father) Sir Tim O'Brien (brother-in-law) |
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1884 | Lancashire County Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1885–1911/12 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1894–1920 | Leicestershire County Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 10 November 2009 |
Charles Edmund de Trafford (21 May 1864 – 11 November 1951) was an English aristocrat and noted cricketer.
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Early life
Charles was born at Trafford Hall, Trafford Park, Stretford, the second son of Sir Humphrey de Trafford, 2nd Baronet and his wife Lady Annette Talbot. His father owned Old Trafford Cricket Ground.[1] Charles was educated at Beaumont College.
Cricket
In 1884 aged 20, Charles joined the Lancashire County Cricket Club. He soon made his name as a skilled cricketer and in 1885 joined MCC. In 1894 he moved to Leicestershire County Cricket Club as captain, a position in which he remained for 13 seasons. He is largely credited with making Leicestershire into a first-class club.[2][3]
He captained MCC on the tour of New Zealand in 1906-07 after the original captain, Teddy Wynyard, returned home injured after the second match.[4]
He made his highest first-class score in 1913 for Leicestershire against Derbyshire when he was 49 years old. After Leicestershire had been 11 for four on the first morning, he hit 137 in 120 minutes, and Leicestershire made 351 off 71 overs and went on to win by an innings on the second day.[5]
Personal life
In 1881, Charles's father, Sir Humphrey de Trafford purchased the Hothorpe Hall Estate at Theddingworth, Leicestershire from the Cook family and presented it to Charles. During his time at Hothorpe, Charles extended the Georgian Manor House and in 1892 built a Catholic Chapel there in memory of his brother Gilbert who had died in 1890.[6]
On 15 October 1892, Charles married Lady Agnes Feilding, the daughter of Rudolph Feilding, 8th Earl of Denbigh. Their son Edmund Hubert de Trafford served with distinction in World War I, married the Hon. Cecilia Strickland and later emigrated to Malta. Edmund and Cecilia's daughter Elizabeth returned to England and married Admiral Arthur Francis Turner.
In 1893, Charles served as High Sheriff of Leicestershire[7] and also as a Justice of the Peace. Charles and Lady Agnes resided at Hothorpe until 1928, when they moved to Rothley, where Charles died on 11 November 1951 aged 87.
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References
- ↑ Wisden 1952, p. 964.
- ↑ http://www.leicestershireccc.co.uk/lc/History/History-of-LCCC
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- ↑ Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, p. 48.
- ↑ Derbyshire v Leicestershire 1913
- ↑ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22074
- ↑ http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/your_council/about_leicestershire/leicestershire_lieutenancy_index/leicestershire_lieutenancy_high_sheriff.htm
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Preceded by
William Henry Ellis
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High Sheriff of Leicestershire 1893 |
Succeeded by Edmund Turnor |
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