Percie Chater Charlton (9 April 1867 – 30 September 1954) was an Australian

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er who played in two

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s in

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in 1890 and played

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for

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from 1888 to 1897.

Cricket career

Charlton was regarded as an

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, but he was more successful with his fast-medium bowling than with his batting. He was also an excellent slips fieldsman.''The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket'', Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, pp. 104–5. A return of 7 for 44 against

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in February 1890 led to his selection in the Australian team to tour England later that year. In his two Test matches in England, he didn't score many runs (6,2,10,11) but can claim the "honour" of being dismissed LBW to

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in the second innings of the first test. Charlton didn't bowl in the first test, however in the first innings of the second he took 3 wickets for 18 runs off 6 overs. Unfortunately, he didn't get a decent opportunity to bowl as it seems in this early period of cricket both teams had a strong tendency to bowl their two top bowlers "into the ground". For example, Australia's two top bowlers in the second innings of the first test bowling 48 overs between them with only Charlton bowling the other 6. This was more the rule than the exception at least during this series. He played cricket for many years for

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, and served as the club's president from 1928 to 1947, and its patron from 1947 till his death in 1954. He was then made its patron in perpetuity.

Life

Charlton went to school at

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and became a highly qualified dentist, having graduated from the Harvard University School of Dental Medicine, studied at Edinburgh University and Glasgow University, and taught at the University of Sydney. Charlton married Florence Bradford in the Sydney suburb of

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on 15 May 1894. He was an uncle of the New South Wales state cricketer

Claude Tozer Claude John Tozer DSO (27 September 1890 – 21 December 1920) was an Australian medical doctor and first-class cricketer who played for New South Wales. He was the nephew of Australian Test cricketer Percie Charlton. Early years and bac ...

, and also of the Olympic swimmer

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* 1867 births 1954 deaths Australia Test cricketers New South Wales cricketers Australian cricketers Cricketers from Sydney Harvard School of Dental Medicine alumni Australian dentists People educated at Sydney Grammar School Colony of New South Wales people {{Australia-cricket-bio-1860s-stub

Cricket career

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