Charles Field (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer and soldier}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Charles Field

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Charles William Field

| birth_date = 30 January 1863

| birth_place = Patna, Bengal Presidency,
British India

| death_date = {{death date and age|1930|5|24|1863|1|30|df=yes}}

| death_place = Fleet, Hampshire, England

| nickname =

| family =

| batting = Unknown

| bowling = Unknown

| role =

| club1 = Europeans

| year1 = 1902/03–1907/08

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 32

| bat avg1 = 6.40

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 21*

| deliveries1 = 90

| wickets1 = 2

| bowl avg1 = 25.00

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 2/33

| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–

| date = 23 December

| year = 2023

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/charles-field-28682 Cricinfo

}}

Charles William Field {{postnominal|JP}} (30 January 1863 – 24 May 1930) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the British Indian Army.

Field was born in British India at Patna in January 1863. He attended the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, graduating from there into the Royal Norfolk Regiment as a second lieutenant in August 1883.{{London Gazette|issue=25262|date=24 August 1883|page=4169}} Shortly thereafter, he transferred to the South Wales Borderers in October 1883.{{London Gazette|issue=25281|date=23 October 1883|page=5046}} He transferred to the British Indian Army in August 1887, with Field being attached to the Bengal Staff Corps and given the rank of lieutenant.{{London Gazette|issue=25734|date=30 August 1887|page=4697}} He was based in India at Multan Cantonment, where he was a cantonment magistrate; in June 1893, he was appointed a justice of the peace by Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/18930610/060/0008|title=Appointments|work=Civil and Military Gazette|location=Lahore|page=8|date=10 June 1893|access-date=23 December 2023|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} In India, Field made three appearances in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team, all against the Parsees; two of these came in the 1902–03 Bombay Presidency Matches, with the other coming in the 1907–08 Bombay Presidency Match.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13426/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Charles Field|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=23 December 2023|url-access=subscription}} In these, he scored a total of 61 runs and took two wickets.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13426/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Charles Field|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=23 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13426/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Charles Field|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=23 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}

Following prior promotions to captain and major, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in August 1909.{{London Gazette|issue=28304|date=5 November 1909|page=8109}} After spending ten years in civil employment, he was transferred to the supernumerary list of the British Indian Army in February 1915.{{London Gazette|issue=29133|date=16 April 1915|page=3733}} Following the end of the First World War, retired from active service in October 1921.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19211027/176/0016|title=Indian Army Reserve of Officers|work=Civil and Military Gazette|location=Lahore|page=16|date=27 October 1921|access-date=23 December 2023|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} Field retired to England, where he died in May 1930 at Fleet, Hampshire.