Charles Frazer (cricketer)
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| Full name | Charles Ewan Frazer | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 September 1905 Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 April 1971 (aged 65) Tenterden, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm slow | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | John Frazer (brother) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1927–1928 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 21 February 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Charles Ewan Frazer OBE (23 September 1905 – 30 April 1971) was an Australian-born English first-class cricketer.
Frazer was born at Sydney, the son of an Australian doctor who took his medical degree at the University of Oxford and then settled at East Grinstead, Sussex.[1] He was educated at Winchester College,[2] before going up to Balliol College, Oxford.[3] While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Lancashire at Oxford in 1927.[4] He made two further appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford, with a second match in 1927 against Leicestershire, before playing against Derbyshire in 1928.[4] Frazer also made one first-class appearance for the Free Foresters in 1927 against Oxford University.[4] He scored a total of 101 run across his four matches, with a high score of 43.[5] After graduating from Oxford, Frazer became a solicitor.
Shortly before the start of the Second World War, Frazer joined the Royal Artillery as a second lieutenant (having previously been a cadet sergeant in the Winchester College Cadet Contingent).[6] Frazer was mentioned in dispatches for gallantry during action in the Middle East.[7] He was made an OBE in the 1946 New Year Honours, by which point he held the temporary rank of colonel.[8] He exceeded the age for recall in May 1956 and was removed from the Territorial Army Reserve List, retaining the honorary rank of colonel.[9]
He died at Tenterden in April 1971. His older brother, John, also played first-class cricket.
References[edit]
- ^ "Obituaries: Mr J. E. Frazer", The Times, no. 44471, London, p. 12, 5 January 1927
- ^ Hardy, Henry John (1923). Winchester College, 1867-1920 (2nd ed.). P. and G. Wells. p. 542.
- ^ Elliott, Sir Ivo D'Oyly (1953). The Balliol College Register (3rd ed.). University Press. p. 253.
- ^ a b c "First-Class Matches played by Charles Frazer". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "Player profile: Charles Frazer". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "No. 34630". The London Gazette. 30 May 1939.
- ^ "No. 36456". The London Gazette. 4 April 1944.
- ^ "No. 37407". The London Gazette. 28 December 1945.
- ^ "No. 40785". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 May 1956.
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