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He was born in Denmark, played his cricket in New Zealand, and died in England. Fenwick was born in Elsinore, Denmark, in 1852.
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His sole match for Otago came against Canterbury in January 1876, at a time when interprovincial matches were relatively rare (the Plunket Shield not yet having been established). Replacing William Downes as captain from Otago"s previous match (played almost a year beforehand), Fenwick came in sixth in the first innings, and was dismissed for a duck by Thomas Sweet, one of New Zealand"s leading fast bowlers at the time. He demoted himself to ninth in the order for the team"s second innings, but was again dismissed cheaply (by George Lee), scoring only one run as Otago lost the match by 145 runs.
Fenwick"s younger brother, Herbert Shakespeare Fenwick, was also born in Denmark, and played first-class cricket for Canterbury.
The Fenwicks, originally from Kingston upon Hull, had been in Scandinavia since the early 18th century, and Charles Fenwick had Danish and German ancestry through his mother. Fairfax Fenwick died in Cobham, Kent, in 1920, aged 67.
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