Charles Cyril Clarke (22 December 1910 – 6 November 1997) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1929 to 1933 and for Sussex in 1947.
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| Full name | Charles Cyril Clarke | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 December 1910 Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 November 1997 (aged 86) Carnforth, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1929–1933 | Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||
| 1947 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 31 July 1929 Derbyshire v Lancashire | ||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 25 June 1947 Sussex v Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, October 2011 | |||||||||||||||
Clarke was born at Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire against Lancashire in July 1929, but played little part as the match was abandoned as a draw. He played three more matches that year and for the next four years played about 5 matches in consecutive sets each year, either in May or August. From 1935 until the Second World War, he played minor county cricket for Staffordshire. During the war he played a match for Southern Command against the Royal Army Service Corps. He played in the second XI for Sussex in 1946 and in 1947 played three first-class matches for Sussex in which his batting average was 6.2. Clarke was a right-hand batsman and played 43 innings in 28 first-class matches with an average of 11.80 and a top score of 35 not out.[1]
Clarke moved to Kendal where he played and coached. He earned the nickname "the Conjuror", because he was magic on the field. Later he ran a white-elephant shop.[2]
Clarke died at Carnforth, Lancashire at the age of 86.