Charles Roden Filgate (16 October 1849 – 1 September 1930) was an Irish amateur
cricket
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er who played
first-class cricket
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from 1869 to 1877 for
Gloucestershire
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and
Marylebone Cricket Club
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(MCC), where he was a member. Filgate represented
Ireland
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in three matches between 1868 and 1871. He was a right-handed
batsman
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who made 25 first-class career appearances. He scored 563 runs with a highest score of 93 and held 18 catches.
Filgate was the sixth and youngest son of William Filgate of Lissrenny (1781-1875), J.P., by his wife Sophia Juliana Penelope (1807-1866), eldest daughter of the
Count De Salis. He married Clare, daughter of William Cooper, on 27 February 1906. He was educated at
Cheltenham College
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and the
Inner Temple
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(1869). In 1872, he was called to the Bar and became a member of the
Oxford Circuit
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.
A practising Barrister-at-Law, he lived for some time at The Terrace, Matlock Bank, Derbyshire, England, and had two children:
*William Alexander Jerome Filgate (12 Apr 1908-)
*Margaret Penelope Filgate (21 Jan 1910-)
Some of his family
File:Carte de visite of William Filgate, of Lisrenny, Ardee, County Louth (1781-1875), JP.jpg, His father, William Filgate (1781-1875) of Lissrenny, JP counties Louth and Monaghan, High Sheriff County Louth, 1832, and Treasurer of the (Louth) Grand Jury, 1854–69.
References
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1849 births
1930 deaths
People from Ardee
People educated at Cheltenham College
Cricketers from County Louth
Irish cricketers
Gloucestershire cricketers
Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers