__NOTOC__ Charles Wenman (born 1797) was an English

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er who played in one first-class match in 1828. Wenman was born at

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in 1797, the son of John Wenman and his first wife Ann.Carlaw, p. 563.Charles Wenman

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. Retrieved 2022-05-15. His mother died the same year, and his father remarried; Wenman's half-brother Ned was born in 1808. The family was closely linked to Benenden Cricket Club, an important side in Kent at the time and one that became one of the strongest in England by the 1830s, with Wenman's father playing for the side as did a number of his extended family members.Carlaw, p. 565. Although Wenman has been assumed to have played for the side, there are no definitive references to him having done so. Although no other records of his cricket career survive, Wenman is known to have made a single first-class appearance, in an 1828 match played by a Kent XI at Brighton against a Sussex team. The match was organised by the

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club and Wenman appeared alongside his half-brother Ned and his cousin

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. He scored three runs in the only innings in which it is known that he batted, although it is possible that the scorecard is incomplete.Charles Wenman
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-05-15. Wenman was working as a carpenter in

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at the 1841 census and was married. No records of his life after this point have been found.

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* Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 563.
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. Retrieved 2020-12-21.) *Milton H (1992) ''Cricket Grounds of Kent''. Nottingham:

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