Charles Peter Ellison (born 26 January 1991) is an English former university

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er. Ellison played four

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matches for Oxford MCCU between 2011 and 2013 as a right-arm

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. He was born at

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in 1991 and attended

Millfield School Millfield is a public school (English fee-charging boarding and day school for pupils aged 13–18) located in Street, Somerset, England. It was founded in 1935. Millfield is a registered charity and is the largest co-educational boarding s ...

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. His father is Richard Ellison who played for

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and the

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. Ellison played his first-class cricket whilst studying for a degree in sport and exercise science at

Oxford Brookes University Oxford Brookes University (OBU; formerly known as Oxford Polytechnic) is a public university, public university in Oxford, England. It is a new university, having received university status through the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. Th ...

, He made his first-class debut for Oxford MCCU against

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in 2011. Ellison comes from a cricketing family. His great-grandfather, Henry Ellison, and uncle,

Charles Ellison Charles Ottley Ellison (8 February 1898 – 12 December 1978) was an Anglican ecclesiastic who was Archdeacon of Leeds from 1950 to 1969. Ellison was educated at Wrekin College; the University of Leeds; and Ripon College Cuddesdon. During the F ...

, both played first-class cricket and his father played 11

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and 14

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s for England and made over 200 first-class appearances in a career which spanned 14 seasons in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ellison, Charlie 1991 births Living people Cricketers from Canterbury People educated at Millfield Alumni of Oxford Brookes University English cricketers Oxford MCCU cricketers