Charles Clifton (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Charles Clifton (cricketer)

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 13-Jan-1846

Place of Birth: Ruddington, England, United Kingdom

Profession: cricket umpire, cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Charles Clifton (13 January 1846 – date of death unknown) was an English cricketer.
Clifton was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm fast.
He was born at Ruddington, Nottinghamshire. Clifton made his first-class debut for Nottinghamshire against Surrey in 1873 at The Oval, with him making a further first-class appearance that season against Sussex at the County Ground, Hove.
Six first-class appearances for the county followed in 1874, while in 1875 he made a first-class appearance for the North in the North v South fixture.
It was in 1875 that he also made a final first-class appearance for Nottinghamshire against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's.
Clifton made eight first-class appearances for the county, scoring a total of 163 runs at an average of 11.64, with a high score of 45.He later stood as an umpire in two first-class matches, one between Cambridge University and Yorkshire in 1885, and another in 1887 between Cambridge University and the Marylebone Cricket Club.
His father-in-law James Grundy and brother-in-law John Grundy both played first-class cricket.