Charlie Bray
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| Born |
6 April 1898 Brighton, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
12 September 1993 (aged 95) Bedford, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1927–1937 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 21 July 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charles (Charlie) Bray (6 April 1898 – 12 September 1993) was an English cricketer and journalist.[nb 1] He played for Essex between 1927 and 1937.[1] He captained the county intermittently and was the author of '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. He was chairman of the Cricket Writers Club in 1953.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ 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 2 "Charlie Bray". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
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