Charles Toppin (Worcestershire cricketer)
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Charles Graham Toppin was an English
cricketer
who played four first-class
matches for Worcestershire
in the late 1920s. His county cricket
career was entirely without success, his highest score being a mere 10.
After his first-class career was over, Toppin played club cricket
for Blackheath Cricket Club, appearing in a single-innings 12-a-side match against the touring Indians in 1932; he took no wickets and scored no runs, but did hold a catch to dismiss Sorabji Colah
.
A number of his relatives played first-class cricket. His father, also Charles
, played for Cambridge University
in the 1880s; three uncles (Arthur Day
, Sam Day
and Sydney Day) played for Kent
; his brother John Toppin
appeared once for Worcestershire; and his brother-in-law Basil Brooke
had two games for the Royal Navy.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricketer
Cricketer
A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....
who played four first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
matches for Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
in the late 1920s. His county cricket
County cricket
County cricket is the highest level of domestic cricket in England and Wales. For the 2010 season, see 2010 English cricket season.-First-class counties:...
career was entirely without success, his highest score being a mere 10.
After his first-class career was over, Toppin played club cricket
Club cricket
Club cricket is a mainly amateur, but still formal, form of the sport of cricket, usually involving teams playing in competitions at weekends or in the evening. There is a great deal of variation in game format although the Laws of Cricket are always observed...
for Blackheath Cricket Club, appearing in a single-innings 12-a-side match against the touring Indians in 1932; he took no wickets and scored no runs, but did hold a catch to dismiss Sorabji Colah
Sorabji Colah
Sorabji Hormasji Munchersha Colah Sorabji Hormasji Munchersha Colah Sorabji Hormasji Munchersha Colah (born September 22, 1902 in Bombay - died September 11, 1950 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India was an early Indian cricketer....
.
A number of his relatives played first-class cricket. His father, also Charles
Charles Toppin (Cambridge University cricketer)
Charles Toppin was an English cricketer who played 25 first-class matches in the late 19th century. The bulk of these were for Cambridge University, but he also appeared twice each for the Gentlemen and Gentlemen of England, and once for MCC...
, played for Cambridge University
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
in the 1880s; three uncles (Arthur Day
Arthur Day
Arthur Percival Day, born 10 April 1885, at Blackheath, Kent, and died 22 January 1969, at Budleigh Salterton, Devon, was a cricketer who played for Kent during the period of the county's greatest success in the County Championship.-Career:...
, Sam Day
Sam Day
Sam Day is an Australian rules footballer who was picked up by Gold Coast with the third pick of the 2010 National draft. He made his debut against Brisbane Lions in round 7 of the 2011 season.-External links:...
and Sydney Day) played for Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
; his brother John Toppin
John Toppin
John Fallowfield Townsend Toppin was an English cricketer who played a single first-class match, for Worcestershire against Lancashire at Old Trafford in 1920. He scored 2 and 6, and bowled two overs without reward....
appeared once for Worcestershire; and his brother-in-law Basil Brooke
Basil Brooke (cricketer)
Vice-Admiral Basil Charles Barrington Brooke, CB, CBE, DL, JP was an English admiral and cricketer, who also played for the Singapore national cricket team. He played twice for the Royal Navy Cricket Club in first-class cricket...
had two games for the Royal Navy.
External links
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