Charles Lowe (23 June 1890 – 11 May 1953) was an English

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er who played for

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from 1909 to 1912.

Life

Lowe was born in

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. He made his cricket debut for Derbyshire in 1909 against a team of touring

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. In 1910 he made his first

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appearance against

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. He made two further appearances for Derbyshire during the 1910 season, in which the team finished second-bottom in the table. Lowe made his next and final appearance at the start of the 1912 season in a match that was abandoned. He was a right-handed

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who played 8 innings in 5 first-class matches with a top score of 17 and an average of 4.16. He was a right-arm medium-fast bowler and took 2

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s at an average of 45.00 and a best performance of 1-20.

Death

Lowe died in

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at the age of 63.

External links

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