Charlie Bray (cricketer)

Charles Bray (6 April 1898 – 12 September 1993) was an English cricketer and journalist.[nb 1]

Charlie Bray

Personal information
Born	6 April 1898 Brighton, Sussex, England
Died	12 September 1993 (aged 95) Bedford, England
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Batsman
Relations	Leslie Bray (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1927–1937	Essex
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 95 Runs scored 3474 Batting average 24.81 100s/50s 5/13 Top score 129 Balls bowled 197 Wickets 2 Bowling average 52.00 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 1/1 Catches/stumpings 54
Source: Cricinfo, 21 July 2013

Bray played for Essex between 1927 and 1937.[1] His highest score was 129, saving the match after Essex followed on against the New Zealanders in 1931.[2][3] He captained the county intermittently and later wrote the volume Essex from 'The County Cricket Series' published in 1950 by Convoy Publications Ltd.

He wrote for the Daily Herald from 1935 to 1964, and subsequently as a freelance for The Sun, covering cricket and rugby union. For his work as a war correspondent during the Second World War he was mentioned in despatches. He was chairman of the Cricket Writers' Club in 1953.[1] His brother, Leslie Bray, also played first-class cricket.

Footnotes

1. Both CricketArchive and Cricinfo give his name as "Charlie Bray". However the profile accompanying his Cricinfo entry refers to him as "Charles Bray", and that was the name that he used for his book and his journalism. It is unclear which was his birth name.

References

1. "Charlie Bray". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
2. Wisden 1994, p. 1336.
3. "Essex v New Zealanders 1931". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 October 2018.

External links

• Charlie Bray at ESPNcricinfo