The Rev. Charles Johnston Bourne Webb (24 November 1874 – 18 November 1963) was an English

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and Anglican

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. Webb was born in

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where his father

Allan Webb Allan Webb may refer to: * Allan Webb (bishop) Allan Becher Webb (also spelled "Alan"; 1839–1907) was the second Anglican Bishop of Bloemfontein, afterward Bishop of Grahamstown and, later, Dean of Salisbury. Early years Webb was born in 183 ...

, was the bishop. Charles attended

Radley Radley is a village and civil parish about northeast of the centre of Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The parish includes the hamlet of Lower Radley on the River Thames. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfo ...

, where he played in the First XI from 1891 to 1893 and captained the team in 1893. After Radley he went up to

Keble College, Oxford Keble College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its main buildings are on Parks Road, opposite the University Museum and the University Parks. The college is bordered to the north by Keble Road, t ...

. He represented

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as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm slow bowler in two matches in 1902. Later he played for

Dorset Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset. Covering an area of ...

.''

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'' 1965, p. 973. His brother-in-law Richard Bennett played cricket for

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...

and

Marylebone Cricket Club Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London. The club was formerly the governing body of cricket retaining considerable global influenc ...

(MCC). Charles's son Allan married the novelist

Stella Gibbons Stella Dorothea Gibbons (5 January 1902 – 19 December 1989) was an English writer, journalist, and poet. She established her reputation with her first novel, ''Cold Comfort Farm'' (1932) which has been reprinted many times. Although she ...

. Charles died in

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, aged 88.

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* * 1874 births 1963 deaths Alumni of Keble College, Oxford Dorset cricketers English cricketers Middlesex cricketers People educated at Radley College 20th-century English Anglican priests {{England-cricket-bio-1870s-stub