Charles Bernard (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Charles Bernard

| country = England

| fullname = Charles Albert Bernard

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1876|02|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Downend, Bristol, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1953|09|26|1876|02|16|df=yes}}

| death_place = Clifton, Bristol, England

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Unknown

| club1 = Somerset

| year1 = 1896–1901

| type1 = First-class

| debutdate1 = 21 May

| debutyear1 = 1896

| debutfor1 = Somerset

| debutagainst1 = Oxford University

| lastdate1 = 26 August

| lastyear1 = 1901

| lastfor1 = Somerset

| lastagainst1 = Gloucestershire

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 33

| runs1 = 1705

| bat avg1 = 30.44

| 100s/50s1 = 2/11

| top score1 = 122

| deliveries1 = 21

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 0/5

| catches/stumpings1 = 21/–

| date = 29 December

| year = 2009

| source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/3/3436/3436.html CricketArchive

}}

Charles Albert Bernard (1876–1953) was a first-class cricketer who made 33 appearances for Somerset between 1896 and 1901. He made his top-score of 122 in the first-innings of the 1900 County Championship match against Hampshire at the County Ground, Southampton.{{cite web|url = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/5/5511.html | title = Hampshire v Somerset |publisher = CricketArchive |date = 1900-07-23 |url-access=subscription | accessdate = 2009-12-29}}

Bernard first played for Somerset in a 12-a-side first-class match with Oxford University in 1896, batting in the lower order without success. He reappeared in the Somerset side in 1899 and was successful as a middle-order batsman: in his second match in the new role, he scored 79 and shared a partnership of 167 with Sammy Woods for the fifth wicket in the match against Kent.{{cite web | url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/5/5206.html | title = Kent v Somerset |publisher=CricketArchive |url-access=subscription | date=1899-06-08 | accessdate = 2011-11-27}}