Charles Chambers

Background

The son of a Dorset reverend, Chambers began his education at Marlborough College in January 1882, where he later played for the cricket XI and rugby XV.

Career

He was a right-handed batsman. He left Marlborough in the mid-summer of 1889, after which he proceeded to study at Lincoln College, Oxford. After graduating from Oxford with a Bachelor, Chambers lived in the Liverpool area and played his club cricket for Boughton Hall.

He was selected to play what would be his only first-class cricket match in 1894 when picked for the Liverpool and District cricket team against Yorkshire at Aigburth.

In Yorkshire"s first-innings he bowled 3 wicketless overs which conceded 13 runs, and in Liverpool and District second-innings he scored 5 runs before Foster had him dismissed caught behind by David Hunter. Chambers had moved south by 1896, where he was employed as a solicitor at Friar Street in Reading, Berkshire.

lieutenant was at Reading that he died on 30 January 1921.

Achievements

• In a match which Yorkshire won by 10 wickets, Chambers scored 16 runs in Liverpool and District first-innings, before being dismissed bowled by Thomas Foster.