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| Full name | Charles Henry Yaldren | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 December 1891 Southampton, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 October 1916 (aged 24) Thiepval, Picardy, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1912 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 12 December 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charles Henry Yaldren (8 December 1891 — 23 October 1916) was an English first-class cricketer and soldier.
The son of Charles Henry Yaldren senior, he was born at Southampton in December 1891.[1] He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Cambridge University at Southampton in 1912.[2] Described as a "useful bowler and tail-end bat", he was run out for 8 runs in his only first-class innings, while with his bowling he took one wicket in the match, that of Geoffrey Hopley.[3] Yaldren served in the First World War as a private in the 1st Battalion, Royal Hampshire Regiment. He was killed in action at Thiepval on 23 October 1916, during the First Battle of the Somme.[1] His body was never recovered, but he is commemorated at the Thiepval Memorial.[4]
References
- 1 2 McCrery, Nigel (30 July 2015). Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War. Pen and Sword. p. 284. ISBN 978-1473864191.
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Charles Yaldren". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ↑ "Hampshire v Cambridge University, 1912". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ↑ "Private Charles Henry Yaldren". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 5 February 2022.