Charles Edward Waller (September 1832 – 9 March 1886) was an

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first-class cricketer. The son of the Reverend Charles Waller, Sr., he was born at

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in September 1832. He was educated at

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, before going up to

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in 1851. He made his debut in

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for the

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against the

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(MCC) at

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in 1855. He made a further first-class appearance for the Surrey Club in 1858, also against the MCC. He scored a total of 20 runs across his two first-class matches, with a highest score of 12. By 1886, he was the vicar of Humberstone near Leicester. He was a passenger aboard the SS ''Oregon'' in March 1886, along with his wife and son, when it collided with an unidentified schooner 32 miles from Jones Inlet, New York. While making it to a lifeboat he became ill, fell overboard and drowned.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Waller, Charles 1832 births 1886 deaths People from Suffolk Coastal (district) People educated at Marlborough College Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge English cricketers Surrey Club cricketers 19th-century English Anglican priests Deaths by drowning Deaths due to shipwreck at sea Cricketers from Suffolk