Charles Roden Filgate (16 October 1849 – 1 September 1930) was an Irish amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1869 to 1877 for Gloucestershire and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), where he was a member. Filgate represented Ireland in three matches between 1868 and 1871. He was a right-handed batsman who made 25 first-class career appearances. He scored 563 runs with a highest score of 93 and held 18 catches.[1]

Charles Filgate
Personal information
Full name
Charles Roden Filgate
Born16 October 1849
Ardee, Ireland
Died1 September 1930(1930-09-01) (aged 80)
Pinner, Middlesex, England
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1869–1873Marylebone Cricket Club
1870–1877Gloucestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 25
Runs scored 563
Batting average 15.63
100s/50s 0/2
Top score 93
Catches/stumpings 18/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 October 2021

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 and the Inner Temple (1869). In 1872, he was called to the Bar and became a member of the Oxford Circuit. 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-)[2]

Some of his family edit

References edit

  1. ^ CricketArchive. Retrieved on 1 December 2010.
  2. ^ Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd (editor), Burke's Irish Family Records, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1976, London, page 414.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)