Charles Oxenden (cricketer, born 1826)

{{short description|English cricketer and soldier}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

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| country = England

| fullname = Charles Vernon Oxenden

| birth_date = 31 October 1826

| birth_place = England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1868|4|26|1826|10|31}}

| death_place = Barham, Kent, England

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| family = Charles Oxenden (father)

| batting = Unknown

| bowling = Unknown

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 9

| runs1 = 149

| bat avg1 = 11.46

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 39*

| deliveries1 = ?

| wickets1 = 1

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| fivefor1 = –

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| best bowling1 = 1/?

| catches/stumpings1 = 9/–

| date = 28 March

| year = 2020

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/18385.html Cricinfo

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Charles Vernon Oxenden (31 October 1826 – 26 April 1868) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

The son of Charles Oxenden senior, he was born in October 1826. He made his debut in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of England at Canterbury in 1844.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37434/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Charles Oxenden |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-03-28 |url-access=subscription}} In August of the same year purchased a commission as a second lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade,{{London Gazette|issue=20376|date=23 August 1844|page=2933}} before purchasing the rank of first lieutenant in July 1847.{{London Gazette|city=Edinburgh|issue=5661|date=16 July 1847|page=368}} He played first-class cricket regularly throughout the 1850s, making eight further first-class appearances; six for the Gentlemen of Kent and two for the Gentlemen of Kent and Sussex. In nine first-class matches, he scored 149 runs at an average of 11.46 and a high score of 39 not out.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37434/37434.html |title=Player profile: Charles Oxenden |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-03-28 |url-access=subscription}} In June 1854, he was promoted without purchase to captain,{{London Gazette|issue=21559|date=6 June 1854|page=1728}} before purchasing the rank of major in September 1857.{{London Gazette|issue=22041|date=18 September 1857|page=3143}} He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in April 1859.{{London Gazette|issue=22255|date=26 April 1859|page=1727}} Oxenden died in April 1868 at Barham, Kent.