Christian Charles Tyler Doll (22 March 1880 – 5 April 1955) was an English first-class

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er and a prominent architect at the ancient site of

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Early life and cricket

The son of the architect

Charles Fitzroy Doll Charles Fitzroy Doll JP, FRIBA (1850–1929), was an English architect of the Victorian and Edwardian eras who specialised in designing hotels. He also designed the dining room on the RMS ''Titanic'', which was based on his design for that in t ...

and his wife, Emily Francis Tyler, he was born at

Kensington Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in the West End of London, West of Central London. The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up b ...

in March 1880. He was educated at

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, before going up to

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in 1898. He made his debut in

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for the

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(MCC) against

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in 1900, with Doll making five appearances for the MCC in that season. The following season he made a single appearance in first-class cricket ''for'' Cambridge University against London County at

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. He continued to play first-class cricket for the MCC until 1904, making a total of 28 appearances. He scored 747 runs for the MCC, at an

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of 21.97, with a high score of 224

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. This score, which was one of two centuries he made, came against London County in 1901. In addition to playing first-class cricket, he also played

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for

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from 1901–09, making nineteen appearances in the

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Architectural career

After graduating from Cambridge in 1901, Doll attended

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

where he studied for architectural diploma. He was present at the

British School of Archaeology at Athens , image = Image-Bsa athens library.jpg , image_size = 300px , image_upright= , alt= , caption = The library of the BSA , latin_name= , motto= , founder = The Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, called the foundation meeti ...

in 1904. He was the architect to British excavations at

, replacing

Theodore Fyfe David Theodore Fyfe (3 November 1875 – 1 January 1945), known simply as Theodore Fyfe, was a Scottish architect. He is widely known as Arthur Evans’s architect during the Knossos (modern history)#Excavation, 1900–1905, first five excavati ...

, and was partly responsible for the reconstruction of the grand staircase at the Palace of King Minos, working alongside

Arthur Evans Sir Arthur John Evans (8 July 1851 – 11 July 1941) was a British archaeologist and pioneer in the study of Aegean civilization in the Bronze Age. He is most famous for unearthing the palace of Knossos on the Greek island of Crete. Based on t ...

. He served as the mayor of

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in 1951. Doll died in April 1955 at

Meldreth Meldreth is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England, located around south-west of Cambridge. At the 2011 Census, the population of the parish was 1,783. History A large Bronze Age hoard was found near Meldreth railway s ...

, Cambridgeshire. His brother, Mordaunt, also played first-class cricket.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Doll, Christian 1880 births 1955 deaths Sportspeople from Kensington People educated at Charterhouse School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Alumni of University College London English cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Cambridge University cricketers Hertfordshire cricketers Architects from London