Charles Purdon Coote (8 August 1847 – 20 September 1893) was an Irish first-class

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er. The son of Charles Purdon Coote and Lydia Lucy Wingfield Digby, he was born in England at Weymouth in August 1847. He was educated in England at

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, before going up to Trinity College Dublin. He played

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in England for the

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(MCC) between 1869 and 1874, making 13 appearances. Described by ''

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'' as "a good batsman", he scored 192 runs in his 13 matches, averaging 9.14 and with a highest score of 25. His one appearance for

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came in a minor match in 1871 against the MCC, staged to raise the profile of cricket in Ireland, with Coote making scores of 1 and 0 with the MCC winning the match by a heavy margin. Coote was for many years a director with the

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. He was a

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for the Lord Lieutenants of Ireland from 1886 to 1892, serving Lords Londonderry and Zetland at

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. He was a deputy lieutenant and

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for

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. Coote died at Ballyclogh in County Cork in September 1893. His uncle was Sir Algernon Coote, who was also a first-class cricketer.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Coote, Charles 1847 births 1893 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Deputy Lieutenants of County Cork Irish cricketers Irish justices of the peace Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers People educated at Harrow School Sportspeople from Weymouth Cricketers from Dorset