Charles Frederick Henry Prince (11 September 1874 in Boshof

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, Orange Free State

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 – 2 February 1949 in Wynberg, Cape Province

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) was a South Africa

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n cricketer

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 who played in one Test

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 in 1899.

Prince was a lower-order right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper who played from 1894 for Western Province. He later played for both Border

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 and Eastern Province

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.

His one Test match was the second match of the 1898-99 series against the English cricket team

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 led by Lord Hawke. South Africa

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, having led by 85 on the first innings, were dismissed for just 35 in the second innings and lost the match by 210 runs. Prince scored 5 and 1, did not keep wicket and never played Test cricket again.

In 1901, Prince was a member of an unofficial South African side that visited England at the height of the Boer War; no Tests were played on that tour, but several matches were arranged against first-class

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counties. He retired after the 1904-05 season.