Charles Bray (6 April 1898 – 12 September 1993) was an English cricketer and journalist.[nb 1]
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| Born | 6 April 1898 Brighton, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 September 1993 (aged 95) Bedford, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Leslie Bray (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1927–1937 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
edit- ^ 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
edit- ^ a b "Charlie Bray". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ Wisden 1994, p. 1336.
- ^ "Essex v New Zealanders 1931". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
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