Charles Rocke
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | Charles Augustus Rocke |
Born | 1800 Calcutta |
Batting | unknown hand |
Bowling | underarm: unknown hand and type |
Role | wicketkeeper |
Domestic team information | |
Years | Team |
1822–1828 | Kent |
Career statistics | |
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Source: Arthur Haygarth, 30 March 2013 |
Charles Augustus Rocke (5 October 1800 in Calcutta – ?) was an English first-class cricketer associated with Kent who was active in the 1820s. He is recorded in 6 matches from 1822 to 1828, totalling 47 runs with a highest score of 16 and taking 5 victims with 6 wickets. He also represented Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and Cambridge University.[1]
Rocke was educated at Eton and Jesus College, Cambridge.[2] His later life is not known, but in 1830 he was cited as a "bankrupt" in a notice in The Times.[3] He apparently emigrated in 1849 to Borneo, where his second cousin James Brooke was Rajah of Sarawak.[2]
References
- ^ "Charles Rocke". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ 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.
Bibliography
- Haygarth, Arthur (1862). Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826). Lillywhite.
Categories:
- 1800 births
- People educated at Eton College
- Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge
- English cricketers
- English cricketers of 1787 to 1825
- Cambridge University cricketers
- Kent cricketers
- Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
- Cricketers from Kolkata
- Gentlemen cricketers
- 19th-century sportsmen
- English cricket biography, 1800s birth stubs