Charles Edward Dench (September 6, 1873 – June 28, 1958) was an English

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er and

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umpire. Born in 1873 in

East Stoke, Nottinghamshire East Stoke is a small village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire situated about half a mile to the east of the River Trent and lying about six miles southwest of Newark-upon-Trent. The population of the civil parish (including Thorpe as taken ...

, he played 91 matches for

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as a right-handed batsman and right arm medium bowler between 1897 and 1902. He scored 2660 runs with a best of 88 and took 78 wickets, including a haul of 7 for 28. He then turned to umpiring, standing in the 1909 Ashes Test at

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. He died in 1958 in

Sherwood, Nottingham Sherwood () is a large district and ward of the city of Nottingham, England, north of the city centre. The population at the 2011 census was 15,414. It is bordered by Woodthorpe to the northeast, Mapperley to the east, Carrington to the so ...

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Charles Dench
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