Charles Spencer (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Spencer (cricketer)

Welsh cricketer

Date of Birth: 21-Jun-1903

Place of Birth: Llandough, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 29-Sep-1941

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: Wales

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Charles Richard Spencer (21 June 1903 – 29 September 1941) was a Welsh cricketer.
Spencer was a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper.
He was born at Llandough, Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan. While at Magdalen College, Oxford, Spencer made his first-class debut playing for Oxford University in 1923 against the touring West Indians.
During that same season he played for the University against HDG Leveson-Gower's XI.
His final appearance for the University came in 1924 against Middlesex.Spencer also represented Glamorgan in a single first-class match in 1925 against HDG Leveson-Gower's XI at St.
Helen's.
In his first-class career he scored 46 runs at a batting average of 11.50, with a high score of 17.
Behind the stumps he took 1 catch and made 1 stumping.Following his brief cricketing career, he went on to teach at Stowe School, Buckinghamshire.
Spencer died at Havant, Hampshire, on 29 September 1941 while serving with the Royal Marines.