Charles Fraser (cricketer)

Charles Fraser

Personal information
Full name	Charles James Stewart Fraser
Born	5 February 1896 Nagpur, Central Provinces, British India
Died	18 October 1929(1929-10-18) (aged 33) Woking, Surrey, England
Batting	Unknown
Bowling	Unknown
Relations	Patrick Fraser (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1927/28	Europeans
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 13 Batting average 6.50 100s/50s –/– Top score 7 Balls bowled 60 Wickets 0 Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 November 2023

Charles James Stewart Fraser MC (5 April 1896 — 18 October 1929) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and an officer in the British Indian Army.

The son of Sir Andrew Fraser, he was born in British India at Nagpur in April 1896 and was educated in Scotland at the Edinburgh Academy.^[1] From there, he attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Shortly after attending the college, the First World War began. Fraser fought in the war, being commissioned as a second lieutenant with a view to his appointment to the British Indian Army.^[2] He was attached to the 54th Sikhs in January 1915,^[3] with promotion in the regiment to lieutenant following in February 1917.^[4] Following the war, he was awarded the Military Cross for his services during the Mesopotamian campaign.^[5] In April 1919, he was promoted to captain.^[6]

Whilst in India, Fraser made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Hindus at Lahore in the 1927–28 Lahore Tournament.^[7] Batting twice in the match, he was run out for 7 runs in the Europeans first innings, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 6 runs by Brij Lall. With the ball, he bowled ten wicketless overs.^[8] Whilst on leave in Britain in 1929, Fraser was killed in a car accident when his car overturned at the Six Crossroads junction near Woking, with him being thrown from the vehicle.^[9] His brother, Patrick, was also a first-class cricketer.

References

1. Edinburgh Academy Register. T. & A. Constable Ltd. 1914. p. 525.
2. "No. 28986". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 November 1914. p. 9972.
3. "No. 29239". The London Gazette. 23 July 1915. p. 7205.
4. "No. 30017". The London Gazette. 13 April 1917. p. 3511.
5. "No. 31266". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 April 1919. p. 4327.
6. "No. 31416". The London Gazette. 24 June 1919. p. 7949.
7. "First-Class Matches played by Charles Fraser". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
8. "Europeans v Hindus, Lahore Tournament 1927/28". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
9. "Killed on leave". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 21 October 1929. p. 5. Retrieved 9 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

External links

• Charles Fraser at ESPNcricinfo