Charles Richard Gorry (18 September 1878 – 13 September 1950) was an Australian cricketer.[1] He played first-class cricket as a wicket-keeper for New South Wales from 1907/08 to 1910/11.[2]

Charles Gorry
Personal information
Full name
Charles Richard Gorry
Born(1878-09-18)18 September 1878
Auckland, New Zealand
Died13 September 1950(1950-09-13) (aged 71)
Sydney, Australia
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
RoleWicketkeeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1907/08–1910/11New South Wales
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 19
Runs scored 143
Batting average 7.94
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 16
Catches/stumpings 29/16
Source: Cricinfo, 7 June 2023

Gorry was born in Auckland, but his family moved to Australia a few weeks later.[3] He represented Glebe in the Sydney senior cricket competition. When the Australian team to England in 1909 was selected, his two Glebe teammates Warren Bardsley and Tibby Cotter, who were both selected, expressed their displeasure that Gorry had not also been chosen.[4] Gorry was selected as the main wicketkeeper for the Australian tour of New Zealand in 1909–10, and played in the two matches against New Zealand.[5]

Gorry worked for the Union Steam Ship Company in Sydney and lived in the suburb of Petersham. He died at Marrickville Hospital in September 1950.[6]

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  1. ^ "Charles Gorry". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Charles Gorry". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  3. ^ Touchline (19 February 1910). "Cricket". Free Lance: 18.
  4. ^ "Australian XI". Sydney Morning Herald: 8. 16 March 1909.
  5. ^ Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, pp. 51–52.
  6. ^ "Deaths". Sydney Morning Herald: 22. 14 September 1950.

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