Charles Brockway

Personal information
Full name	Walter Charles Brockway
Born	7 March 1907(1907-03-07) Blandford Forum, Dorset, England
Died	15 June 1985(1985-06-15) (aged 78) Harare, Zimbabwe
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1951/52	Eastern Province
1948	Berkshire
1929–1938	Dorset
Career statistics
Competition	First-class
Matches	1
Runs scored	0
Batting average	0.00
100s/50s	–/–
Top score	0
Balls bowled	–
Wickets	–
Bowling average	–
5 wickets in innings	–
10 wickets in match	–
Best bowling	–
Catches/stumpings	–/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 June 2011

Walter Charles Brockway (7 May 1907 – 15 June 1985) was an English cricketer. Brockway was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Blandford Forum, Dorset.

Brockway made his debut for Dorset in the 1929 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. He played Minor counties cricket for Dorset from 1929 to 1938, making 70 appearances.^[1] Following the Second World War, Brockway joined Berkshire County Cricket Club, making 7 appearances for the county in the 1946 Minor Counties Championship.^[1]

He later played a single first-class match in South Africa for Eastern Province against Transvaal in 1952.^[2] In this match he batted once, being dismissed for a duck by Llewellyn Heaney.^[3]

Brockway also umpired in a single first-class match, between Ireland and Scotland in 1939.^[4] He died in Harare, Zimbabwe on 15 June 1985.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Charles Brockway". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/25/25192/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html. Retrieved 1 June 2011. 
2. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Charles Brockway". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/25/25192/First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 1 June 2011. 
3. ^ "Eastern Province v Transvaal, 1951/52 Currie Cup". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20072.html. Retrieved 1 June 2011. 
4. ^ "Charles Brockway as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/25/25192/Umpire_in_First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 1 June 2011. 

External links

• Charles Brockway at ESPNcricinfo
• Charles Brockway at CricketArchive

Persondata
Name	Brockway, Charles
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	7 March 1907
Place of birth	Blandford Forum, Dorset
Date of death	15 June 1985
Place of death	Harare, Zimbabwe