Charles Edward McCausland (4 October 1898 – 12 November 1965) was an Irish

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. A right-handed

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and right-arm

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bowler,Cricket Archive profile
/ref> he played four times for the

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in the 1920s,CricketEurope Stats Zone profile
including two first-class matches against

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. He also played first-class

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for

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.First-class matches played by Charles McCausland
at CricketArchive - Five total. Two for Ireland, three for Dublin University He made his first-class debut playing for Dublin University against

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in July 1922. His Ireland debut followed later the same month when he played against Scotland in a first-class match. Almost two years later, he again played first-class cricket for Dublin University, this time against

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. This was followed the next month by a match for Ireland against Scotland. He played two non first-class matches for Ireland in August 1924, both against the MCC. He played one final first-class match for Dublin University, again against Northamptonshire, in 1925, a match that also featured the Irish

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Personal life

McCausland was born into a family with a long medical tradition. The 1901 Census records1901 Census Return for 79 Merrion Square
census.nationalarchives.ie. Accessed 25 January 2023. his address as 79

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, a prestigious address in the heart of

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. His father,

Richard Bolton McCausland Sir Richard Bolton McCausland (1810 - 8 July 1900) and Richard Bolton McCausland (1864 in Singapore - 9 October 1933 in Folkestone, Kent, England) were father and son of the same name. Sir Richard was born in Ireland, became a barrister and serve ...

, was a well known surgeon at the

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. His mother, Charlotte Maria, was the daughter of French neurologist

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. McCausland was called up to the

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in 1918. His mother Charlotte later wrote:''Charles-Edouard Brown-Séquard: The Biography of a Tormented Genius'' by Louis-Cyril Celestin, p. 229

We have left Ireland since 1923, life was no longer possible for the Loyalists. Our lives were threatened, especially because our only son, who had trained at Sandhurst Military School, joined the
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and had taken part in the last battles against the Germans, his heart being all for France.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McCausland, Charles 1898 births 1965 deaths Cricketers from Dublin (city) Irish cricketers Dublin University cricketers