Charles Hulse (cricketer)

Charles Westrow Hulse JP (25 November 1860 – 4 June 1901) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Charles Hulse
Personal information
Full name
Charles Westrow Hulse
Born25 November 1860
Breamore, Hampshire, England
Died4 June 1901(1901-06-04) (aged 40)
Braklaagte, Orange Free State,
South Africa
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1885Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 22
Batting average 22.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 22
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 January 2021

The son of Sir Edward Hulse, 5th Baronet of the Hulse baronets, he was born at the family seat at Breamore House in Breamore, Hampshire.[1] He was educated at Radley College,[2] before going up to Charsley's Hall, Oxford.[3] He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Artillery Militia in February 1880,[4] serving with the militia at Fort Rowner.

He was promoted to captain in April 1885,[5] and in the same year he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Hampshire at Southampton.[6] Batting once in the match, he was dismissed in the MCC first innings for 22 runs by George Underdown.[7]

Charles Hulse was granted the honorary rank of major in September 1894 in the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Artillery Militia,[8] while additionally holding the office of justice of the peace.[1] He joined the Imperial Yeomanry in February 1901, where he was given the honorary rank of second lieutenant.[9] Serving in the Second Boer War, he was killed in action in June 1901 at Braklaagte in the Orange Free State.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Charles Westrow Hulse". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Obituary Charles Westrow Hulse (1872)". www.radleyarchive.blog. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  3. ^ Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 712.
  4. ^ "No. 24813". The London Gazette. 20 February 1880. p. 784.
  5. ^ "No. 25468". The London Gazette. 8 May 1885. p. 2107.
  6. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Charles Hulse". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Hampshire v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1885". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  8. ^ "No. 26555". The London Gazette. 25 September 1894. p. 5462.
  9. ^ "No. 27285". The London Gazette. 15 February 1901. p. 1148.

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