Charles Round

{{short description|English cricketer (1885–1945)}}

{{for|the 19th-century English politician|Charles Gray Round}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Charles Round

| image =

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| fullname = Charles James Round

| birth_date = {{birth date|1885|9|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kensington, London, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1945|10|6|1885|9|3|df=yes}}

| death_place = Birch Hall, Essex, England

| family = {{ubl|James Round (father)|Charles Higginbotham (brother-in-law)|Herman de Zoete (brother-in-law)}}

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| bowling =

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| club1 = Essex

| year1 = 1921

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 9

| bat avg1 = 2.25

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 8

| deliveries1 = 78

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 62.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 1/49

| catches/stumpings1 = 0/–

| date = 21 July

| year = 2013

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/19484.html Cricinfo

}}

Charles James Round (3 September 1885 – 6 October 1945) was an English cricketer.

Round was born at Kensington in London in 1885, the son of James Round. His father was the Member of Parliament for East Essex before becoming MP for Harwich at the 1885 general election later in the year. His family had owned Colchester Castle before James Round inherited Birch Hall in 1867, and Charles Round grew up there and in Colchester.Pracy, pp. 51–54.Other deaths in 1916, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1917. ([https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228031.html Available online] at CricInfo. Retrieved 2025-06-11.) He was educated at Winchester College before going up to Exeter College, Oxford in 1905.Wainewright JB (1907) Winchester College, 1836–1906: a register, p. 582. ([https://archive.org/details/winchestercolleg00wincuoft/page/582/mode/2up Available online] at The Internet Archive. Retrieved 2025-06-11.)

His father had played first-class cricket for Oxford University and was a member of MCC, serving on the club's Committee from 1869 to 1871. He played for Essex County Cricket Club in the years before the side was promoted to first-class status in 1894. Charles served as a member of the Essex Committee between 1913 and 1924. He captained the side's Second XI in 1914 before the outbreak of World War I, during which he served as an officer in the Essex Yeomanry. His only two first-class appearances came during the 1921 Colchester Festival.Pracy, p. 52.Pracy, p. 114.Pracy, p. 116. He scored nine runs and took one wicket.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5280/5280.html Charles Round], CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-06-11. {{subscription}}

Round continued to play cricket for the Gentlemen of Essex amateur side and Free Foresters into the 1930s. He died at Birch Hall in 1945 aged 60.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/19484.html Charles Round], CricInfo. Retrieved 2013-07-21