Charles William Rattray (9 July 1863 – 8 June 1939) was a New Zealand

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. He played twelve first-class matches for

Otago Otago (, ; mi, Ōtākou ) is a region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island administered by the Otago Regional Council. It has an area of approximately , making it the country's second largest local government reg ...

between the 1883–84 and 1896–97 seasons. Rattray was born at

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and educated at Otago Boys' High School in the city and at

Christ's College, Christchurch Christ's College, Canterbury is an independent Anglican secondary day and boarding school for boys, located in the city centre of Christchurch, New Zealand. Founded in 1850 by Reverend Henry Jacobs in Lyttelton as a school for early settlers, ...

. He was "a free and stylish batsman, with a fine off drive", but his batting success at first-class level was limited, with a top score of 23. He was, however, a successful

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of Otago for several years. As well as cricket, he also played

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

for the provincial team.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 110. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
Available online
at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) Rattray was a prominent businessman in Dunedin. He was chairman of directors of the wholesale grocery and spirits company founded by his father, and served on the boards of several major national companies. He was also vice-consul for Portugal for over 30 years. He married Gertrude Emeline Neill in Dunedin on 5 February 1896. They had a son and a daughter. He died at Dunedin in 1939 aged 75.

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