Charles Rocke

Charles Rocke
Personal information
Full name Charles Augustus Rocke
Born 1800
Calcutta
Batting style unknown hand
Bowling style underarm: unknown hand and type
Role wicketkeeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1822–1828 Kent
Career statistics
Source: Arthur Haygarth, 30 March 2013

Charles Augustus Rocke (5 October 1800 in Calcutta ?) was an English first-class cricketer associated with Kent who was active in the 1820s. He is recorded in 6 matches from 1822 to 1828, totalling 47 runs with a highest score of 16 and taking 5 victims with 6 wickets. He also represented Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and Cambridge University.[1]

Rocke was educated at Eton and Jesus College, Cambridge.[2] His later life is not known, but in 1830 he was cited as a "bankrupt" in a notice in The Times.[3] He apparently emigrated in 1849 to Borneo, where his second cousin James Brooke was Rajah of Sarawak.[2]

References

  1. "Charles Rocke". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Rocke, Charles Augustus (RK821CA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. "Property Notices". The Times (14402). London. 6 December 1830. p. 8.

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