Charles Napier (cricketer)

Charles Walter Albyn Napier (28 October 1817 – 23 December 1908) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.

Charles Napier
Personal information
Full nameCharles Walter Albyn Napier
Born28 October 1817
East Pennard, Somerset,
England
Died23 December 1908(1908-12-23) (aged 91)
Chichester, Sussex, England
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown-arm fast
RelationsMilo Talbot (nephew)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1838Marylebone Cricket Club
1838–1839Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 8
Runs scored 120
Batting average 8.57
100s/50s –/–
Top score 21
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 14 July 2019

The son of Gerard Martin Berkely Napier and his wife, Mary Paul Napier, he was born at East Pennard, Somerset.[1] He was educated at Harrow School,[2] before going up to Christ Church, Oxford.[3] While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University at Oxford in 1838, following this up by featuring in the return fixture at Lord's.[4] In the same year he made his debut for Oxford University against Cambridge University, before featuring in three further matches for Oxford in 1839 and obtaining his blue.[5] He also featured for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket team against the MCC in 1839.[4] His final first-class appearance came in 1841 for the Fast Bowlers in the Fast v Slow match of 1841 at Lord's.[4]

After graduating from Oxford, he became an Anglican clergyman. He was the vicar of St Peter's Church at Evercreech in 1843, before becoming the rector at Wiston, Sussex.[3] He was later the prebendary of Chichester Cathedral.[1] He died at Chichester in December 1908.[5] His wife, Marianne Flora Etruria Talbot, the daughter of James Talbot, 3rd Baron Talbot of Malahide, predeceased him by 30 years. The couple had two sons.[1] His nephew, Milo Talbot, also played first-class cricket.

References
  1. "Reverend Charles Walter Albyn Napier". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  2. Welch, Reginald Courtenay (1894). The Harrow School Register, 1801-1893. Longmans, Green. pp. 99.
  3. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Napier, Charles Walter Albyn" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  4. "First-Class Matches played by Charles Napier". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  5. "Wisden - Obituaries in 1909". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
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