Charles Fry

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Carles Fry

Personal information
Full name	Charles Anthony Fry
Born	14 January 1940 (1940-01-14) (age 71) Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Role	Wicketkeeper
Relations	Stephen Fry (Father), C B Fry (Grandfather)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1962	Northamptonshire
1960	Hampshire
1959–1961	Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition	FC
Matches	50
Runs scored	1,952
Batting average	25.02
100s/50s	2/10
Top score	103*
Balls bowled	18
Wickets	–
Bowling average	–
5 wickets in innings	–
10 wickets in match	–
Best bowling	–
Catches/stumpings	38/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 September 2009

Charles Anthony Fry, born 14 January 1940, Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire is an ex-First Class cricketer and now a cricket administrator. He is the grandson of the legendary C B Fry – his father Stephen Fry also played First Class cricket for Hampshire.

Charles Fry was educated at Repton School where he was captain of cricket. He made his first-class debut for Oxford University in 1959 scoring 576 runs at an average of 26.18 including a maiden century against the Free Foresters and won a Blue. He subsequently played in two more Varsity matches as a middle-order batsman in the second of which he stood in as wicket-keeper.

Fry played a handful of matches for Hampshire in the 1960 season in one of which he was twice bowled (for 14 and 1) in a match (versus Sussex) by one of his successors as President of the MCC Robin Marlar. He did not appear for the County in their championship winning season in 1961.

Fry appeared once for Northamptonshire in 1962 and a couple of times for the Free Foresters against his old University later in the 1960s. Fry has had a long association with the Marylebone Cricket Club whose President he became in 2003-04. He was widely praised for choosing Tom Graveney as his successor – the first time an ex professional cricketer had held this office. Fry is seen as an establishment figure and he robustly defends MCC traditions. He has held many positions within the MCC and has given his time generously to be on the committee, to act as President and most recently as Chairman of the club.

External links

"Cricinfo" entry: [1]

"Cricket Archive" playing record [2]

Persondata
Name	Fry, Charles
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Short description
Date of birth	14 January 1940
Place of birth	Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire
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