Charles Higginbotham

Charles Higginbotham
Personal information
Full name Charles Ernest Higginbotham
Born (1866-07-04)4 July 1866
Charing Cross, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died 11 March 1915(1915-03-11) (aged 48)
France
Batting Right-handed
Role Batsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1912 Army
1906 South African Army
First-class debut 12 January 1906 South Africa Army v Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)
Last First-class 30 May 1912 Army v Royal Navy
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 45
Batting average 15.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 40*
Balls bowled 0
Wickets -
Bowling average -
5 wickets in innings -
10 wickets in match -
Best bowling -
Catches/stumpings 1/0
Source: CricketArchive, 4 December 2007

Charles Ernest Higginbotham (4 July 1866 in Charing Cross, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland – 11 March 1915 in France)[1] was a British soldier[2] who also had a notable cricket career.[3]

Biography

After attending Rugby School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,[2] Higginbotham was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Northamptonshire Regiment on 5 February 1887. He was promoted to lieutenant on 16 April 1890,[4] and stationed in the Far East, where he played cricket for the Straits Settlements, playing three matches against Hong Kong between 1890 and 1891.[5]

Following promotion to captain on 2 January 1899, he served during the Second Boer War in South Africa,[2] and was Superintendent of Gymnasia until July 1902,[6] when he returned to his regiment.[7] He took part in some Minor Counties cricket for Devon in the first years of the 20th century.[8] Whilst stationed in South Africa after the end of the Boer war, he made his first-class debut in January 1906, playing for the South African Army against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) team,[9] who were in fact the touring England cricket team.[10]

He played one further first-class match, playing for the Army against the Royal Navy at Lord's in May 1912.[9] He was killed on active service at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in March 1915.[2][11]

References

  1. ↑ CricketArchive profile
  2. 1 2 3 4 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1916, Obituaries in 1915
  3. ↑ Cricinfo profile
  4. ↑ Hart´s Army list, 1903
  5. ↑ Other matches played by Charles Higginbotham Archived 15 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. at CricketArchive
  6. ↑ "No. 27462". The London Gazette. 8 August 1902. p. 5101.
  7. ↑ "No. 27468". The London Gazette. 26 August 1902. p. 5535.
  8. ↑ Minor Counties Championship matches played by Charles Higginbotham at CricketArchive
  9. 1 2 First-class matches played by Charles Higginbotham at CricketArchive
  10. ↑ MCC in South Africa 1905/06 Archived 7 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine. at CricketArchive
  11. ↑ CWGC entry
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