Charles Patteson (11 November 1891 – 9 December 1957) was an English international hockey player, first-class

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er and clergyman. Patteson was born at

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in November 1891. He was educated at

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, and returned as an assistant master when he served in the Marlborough College contingent of the Officers' Training Corps as a cadet officer. From there he went up to the University of Cambridge, where played five first-class cricket matches for Cambridge University in 1912. He scored 157 run in these five matches, at an average of 22.42 and a high score of 57. He also gained his Blue at hockey. After graduating from Cambridge he became a clergyman. Patteson played

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for Wiltshire between 1920–22, making ten appearances in the

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. He played international hockey in 1920, turning out for England against both Scotland and Ireland. He married Isabel Mary Cornwall (daughter of Alan Cornwall) whose brother Alan Cornwall also taught at Marlborough. He held a curacy at St Mary's Lambeth and then became vicar of St Anne's, South Lambeth in 1927. Following those posts, he became Vicar of West Dulwich in 1931 and then Vicar of Scarborough in 1936. He subsequently became a

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and chaplain of

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. Finally he became Vicar of Howden in 1956. He died on 9 December 1957 at

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Patteson, Charles 1891 births 1957 deaths People from Upper Norwood Cricketers from the London Borough of Croydon People educated at Marlborough College Alumni of the University of Cambridge English cricketers Cambridge University cricketers 20th-century English Anglican priests Wiltshire cricketers English male field hockey players