Charles Rocke
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | Charles Augustus Rocke |
Born | Calcutta, British India | 5 October 1800
Died | 22 November 1865 Calcutta, British India | (aged 65)
Role | Wicket-keeper |
Domestic team information | |
Years | Team |
1828 | Kent |
Source: CricketArchive, 30 March 2013 |
Charles Augustus Rocke (5 October 1800 – 22 November 1865) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Kent, MCC and Cambridge University in six matches from 1822 to 1828, totalling 47 runs with a highest score of 16 and taking 5 victims with 6 wickets.[1][2]
Rocke was educated at Eton and Jesus College, Cambridge.[3] His later life is not known, but in 1830 he was cited as a "bankrupt" in a notice in The Times.[4] He apparently emigrated in 1849 to Borneo, where his second cousin James Brooke was Rajah of Sarawak.[3] He died on 22 November 1865, aged 65, at Calcutta, British India.[5]
References
- ^ "Charles Rocke". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 469–470. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 16 August 2022.)
- ^ a b "Rocke, Charles Augustus (RK821CA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Property Notices". The Times. No. 14402. London. 6 December 1830. p. 8.
- ^ "Deaths". Allen's Indian Mail. Vol. 24, no. 701. London: W. H. Allen & Co. 8 January 1866. p. 17. OCLC 906529541. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
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