- Charles Dunlop
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Charles Dunlop Personal information Full name Charles Edward Dunlop Born 25 June 1870
Edinburgh, ScotlandDied 21 August 1911 (aged 41)
Kensington, London, EnglandBatting style Right-handed Role Batsman Domestic team information Years Team 1892–1905 Somerset First-class debut 9 June 1892 Somerset v Oxford University Last First-class 17 June 1905 Somerset v Sussex Career statistics Competition First-class Matches 43 Runs scored 1172 Batting average 16.50 100s/50s –/5 Top score 65 Balls bowled 90 Wickets 2 Bowling average 20.50 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 2/29 Catches/stumpings 20/– Source: CricketArchive, 4 July 2010 Charles Edward Dunlop (25 June 1870 - 21 August 1911) played first-class cricket for Somerset from 1892 to 1905.[1] He was born at Edinburgh, Scotland and died at Kensington, London.
Dunlop was a middle to lower order right-handed batsman. He played for Somerset in around half a dozen matches in sevenral seasons from 1892 onwards without ever being a regular player or a particularly prolific contributor to the county's run-getting. A history of Somerset cricket written 80 years after Dunlop's last appearance for the side said he was "played mainly for his enthusiastic fielding".[2]
Dunlop was educated at Merchiston Castle School and at Oxford University, though he did not make any appearances for the Oxford cricket team.[3]
His first first-class appearances for Somerset came in 1892: he played seven times that season, but made only 75 runs in these games.[4] There was more success in fewer games in 1893, and he passed 50 in three innings, with a highest of 64 in the match against Gloucestershire at Taunton, when the bowling included two versions of W. G. Grace, both senior and junior.[5]
The younger Grace was one of only two first-class bowling victims for Dunlop – the other was the Anglo-Australian Test player J. J. Ferris, both of them in the match against Gloucestershire at Bristol in 1894.[6] This was the only firat-class game in which Dunlop bowled more than a few balls, and his bowling style is not known, but in a minor match for Scotland against Lancashire in 1895, he opened the bowling with some success.[7]
As a batsman, there were no 50s for Dunlop in first-class matches in 1894, but he returned to better form in 1895 and his aggregate of 282 runs for the season was his highest.[4] Included in this was his highest first-class score, an innings of 65 when used as an opener for Somerset in a successful second innings run chase against Kent at Taunton.[8]
After 1895, Dunlop's appearances for Somerset became more spasmodic and less successful. There were a few matches in 1897, then again in 1900, 1901 and 1902 and a final game in 1905, but in none of these seasons did he pass 50 again.[4]
References
- ^ "Charles Dunlop". www.cricketarchive.com. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3526/3526.html. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
- ^ David Foot. Sunshine, Sixes and Cider: a History of Somerset Cricket (1986 ed.). David and Charles. p. 69. ISBN 0 7153 8890 8.
- ^ "Wisden 1912 edition: Obituaries". www.cricinfo.com. http://www.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/236084.html. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
- ^ a b c "First-class Batting and Fielding in each Season by Charles Dunlop". www.cricinfo.com. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3526/f_Batting_by_Season.html. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
- ^ "Scorecard: Somerset v Gloucestershire". www.cricketarchive.com. 1893-08-28. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/4/4045.html. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
- ^ "Scorecard: Gloucestershire v Somerset". www.cricketarchive.com. 1894-06-14. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/4/4139.html. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
- ^ "Scorecard: Scotland v Lancashire". www.cricketarchive.com. 1895-07-01. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/99/99683.html. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
- ^ "Scorecard: Somerset v Kent". www.cricketarchive.com. 1895-08-15. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/4/4431.html. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
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