Charles Higginbotham
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| Full name | Charles Ernest Higginbotham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
4 July 1866 Charing Cross, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
11 March 1915 (aged 48) France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1912 | Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1906 | South African Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 12 January 1906 South Africa Army v MCC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 30 May 1912 Army v Royal Navy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 4 December 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charles Ernest Higginbotham (4 July 1866 in Charing Cross, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland – 11 March 1915 in France)[1] was a British soldier[2] who also had a notable cricket career.[3]
Biography
After attending Rugby School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst,[2] Higginbotham was stationed in the Far East, where he played cricket for the Straits Settlements, playing three matches against Hong Kong between 1890 and 1891.[4]
He served during the Second Boer War,[2] also fitting in some Minor Counties cricket for Devon in the first years of the 20th century.[5] Whilst in South Africa, he made his first-class debut in January 1906, playing for the South African Army against the touring MCC team,[6] who were in fact the touring England cricket team.[7]
He played one further first-class match, playing for the Army against the Royal Navy at Lord's in May 1912.[6] He was killed on active service at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in May 1915.[2][8]
References
- ↑ CricketArchive profile
- 1 2 3 4 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1916, Obituaries in 1915
- ↑ Cricinfo profile
- ↑ Other matches played by Charles Higginbotham Archived 15 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. at CricketArchive
- ↑ Minor Counties Championship matches played by Charles Higginbotham at CricketArchive
- 1 2 First-class matches played by Charles Higginbotham at CricketArchive
- ↑ MCC in South Africa 1905/06 Archived 7 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine. at CricketArchive
- ↑ CWGC entry