Charles Antony Morris (9 May 1939 – 17 November 1990) was an
English first-class
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er.
Morris was born in May 1939 at
Cambridge. He was educated at
Marlborough College
Marlborough College is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Independent school (United Kingdom), independent boarding school) for pupils aged 13 to 18 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. Founded in 1843 for the sons of Church ...
, before going up to
King's College, Cambridge. While studying at Cambridge, he made four appearances in
first-class cricket for
Cambridge University in 1960, appearing against
Yorkshire,
Hampshire, the touring
South Africans and
Sussex
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. Across his four matches, Morris scored 23 runs and bowled twelve wicketless
overs
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Places
*Over, Cambridgeshire, England
*Over, Cheshire, England
*Over, South Gloucestershire, England
*Over, Tewkesbury, near Gloucester, England
**Over Bridge
*Over, Seevetal, Germany
Music
Albums
* ''Over'' (album), by Pete ...
with his
leg break
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googly bowling. In addition to playing first-class cricket, he also played
minor counties cricket for
Cambridgeshire from 1956–63, making thirty appearances in the
Minor Counties Championship
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.
He died in November 1990 at
Wilmslow, Cheshire.
References
External links
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1939 births
1990 deaths
Cricketers from Cambridge
People educated at Marlborough College
Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
English cricketers
Cambridgeshire cricketers
Cambridge University cricketers