Charles Gustavus Whittaker (8 September 1819 – 15 November 1886) was an English

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adju ...

er active 1839–48 who played for

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. He was born and died in

Barming Barming is a civil parish in the Maidstone District of Kent, England. It lies to the west of Maidstone and at the 2011 census had a population of 2,690. The eastern end of the parish is part of the built-up area of Maidstone, although the remai ...

. He played in 70 first-class matches as a right-handed

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, scoring 844 runs with a highest score of 55; and as a right-arm roundarm

fast bowler Fast bowling (also referred to as pace bowling) is a type of bowling in cricket, in which the ball is delivered at high speed. The fastest bowlers bowl the ball at over . Practitioners of fast bowling are known as fast bowlers or quicks. Also ...

, taking 46

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s with a best performance of six for (unknown).Charles Whittaker
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. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)

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