Charles Edward Dench (September 6, 1873 – June 28, 1958) was an English

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er and Test match umpire. Born in 1873 in

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, he played 91 matches for

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as a right-handed batsman and right arm medium bowler between 1897 and 1902. He scored 2660 runs with a best of 88 and took 78 wickets, including a haul of 7 for 28. He then turned to umpiring, standing in the 1909 Ashes Test at

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. He died in 1958 in

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