Charles Trower

English cricketer

Charles Trower

Personal information

Full name|

Charles Francis Trower

Born| 21 April 1817
Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Died| 3 June 1891(1891-06-03) (aged 74)
Kensington, London, England
Batting| Unknown
Domestic team information
Years| Team
1838-1840| Oxford University
Career statistics
| Competition | First-class

|

Matches | 3
Runs scored | 116
Batting average | 19.33
100s/50s | –/–
Top score | 48
Catches/stumpings | –/–

Source: Cricinfo, 21 February 2020

Charles Francis Trower (21 April 1817 – 3 June 1891) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.

## Early life[edit]

The son of John Trower and his second wife Sophia Baker, he was born at Marylebone in April 1817. An elder half-brother was Walter John Trower. He was educated at Winchester College,[1] before going up to Exeter College, Oxford.[2]

## Cricket career[edit]

While studying at Oxford, he made three appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University, playing twice in 1838 against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and Cambridge University, before making a third appearance against the MCC in 1840.[3] He scored a total of 116 runs in his three matches, at an average of 19.33 and a high score of 48.[4]

## Legal career and later life[edit]

A student of the Inner Temple, he was called to the bar in November 1842.[5] He was the secretary of presentations to Lord Chancellor Westbury in 1862 and was also the author of a number of legal publications.[5] He was a founding member of the English Church Union and hosted the Union's first meeting (when it was called the Church of England Protection Society) in his rooms at 27 Victoria Street Westminster on 8 February 1859.[6]

Trower married Frances Mary Bradley on 18th December 1843 in Southampton, living mostly in Sussex he died at Kensington in June 1891.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Player profile: Charles Trower". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
2. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Trower, Charles Francis" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co - via Wikisource.
3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Charles Trower". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
4. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Charles Trower". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
5. ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1885). Men-at-the-bar. Reeves and Turner. pp. 472.
6. ^ G Bayfield Roberts, The History of the English Church Union 1859-1894 (1895) p 10, 11, 18, 21.

## External links[edit]

* Charles Trower at ESPNcricinfo

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