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 Charles Gough Littlehales M.A. (20 May 1871 – 28 August 1945) was an English

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 cricket

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er. Littlehales was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper

Wicket-keeper

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. He was born at Bulphan

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, Essex

Essex

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 and was educated at Forest School, Walthamstow, before later attending Exeter College, Oxford

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.

Littlehales made his first-class

First-class cricket

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 debut for Essex

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 against Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

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 in the 1896 County Championship

1896 County Championship

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. He made five further first-class appearances for Essex, the last of which came against Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

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 in the 1904 County Championship. In his six first-class appearances, he scored 109 runs at an average

Batting average

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 of 12.11, with a high score of 23. Behind the stumps he took 4 catches and made a single stumping.

A member of the Anglican Clergy, Littlehales worked as a Reverend at Allensmore

Allensmore

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, Herefordshire

Herefordshire

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 from 1930 to at least 1941. Littlehales died at Wickham Bishops

Wickham Bishops

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, Essex on 28 August 1945.

External links

• Charles Littlehales at ESPNcricinfo
• Charles Littlehales at CricketArchive
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