Charles Clark (Auckland cricketer)

New Zealand cricketer

Charles Clark

Personal information

Full name|

Charles Croom Clark

Born| (1883-07-13)13 July 1883
Auckland, New Zealand
Died| 6 August 1970(1970-08-06) (aged 87)
Thames, New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years| Team
1913-14| Auckland
Career statistics
| Competition | First-class

|

Matches | 3
Runs scored | 60
Batting average | 15.00
100s/50s | 0/0
Top score | 15*
Balls bowled | 422
Wickets | 11
Bowling average | 30.90
5 wickets in innings | 1
10 wickets in match | 0
Best bowling | 5/108
Catches/stumpings | 1/0

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 31 July 2020

Charles Groom Clark (13 July 1883 - 6 August 1970) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played three first-class matches for Auckland in 1913/14.[1][2]

An opening bowler, Clark took 5 for 108 in the second innings of his first first-class match in January 1914.[3] He continued playing senior cricket well into his forties. In December 1926 he opened the bowling and took 7 for 16 and 6 for 110 as Taranaki defeated Wanganui to win the Hawke Cup for the first time.[4] In February 1930, at the age of 46, he took 3 for 100 when Taranaki lost to the touring MCC.[5]

Clark worked as a carpenter. He served overseas in World War I with the 1st New Zealand Cyclist Company of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.[6]

## See also[edit]

* List of Auckland representative cricketers

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Charles Clark". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
2. ^ "Charles Clark". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
3. ^ "Canterbury v Auckland 1913-14". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
4. ^ "Wanganui v Taranaki 1926-27". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
5. ^ "Taranaki v MCC 1929-30". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
6. ^ "Charles Groom Clark". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 31 July 2020 - via Online Cenotaph.

## External links[edit]

* Charles Clark at ESPNcricinfo

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