Charles Thring

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Charles Henry Meredith Thring

| birth_date = 21 October 1861

| birth_place = Uppingham, Rutland, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1939|4|11|1861|10|21|df=yes}}

| death_place = Chilcompton, Somerset, England

| nickname =

| family = Theodore Thring (uncle)

| batting = Unknown

| bowling = Right-arm fast

| role =

| club1 = Marylebone Cricket Club

| year1 = 1889

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 12

| bat avg1 = 12.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 12

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 7 September

| year = 2021

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/21835.html Cricinfo

}}

Charles Henry Meredith Thring (21 January 1861 — 11 April 1939) was an English first-class cricketer and scholastic agent.

The son of John Charles Thring, a schoolmaster at Uppingham School, he was born at Uppingham in January 1861. He was educated at Marlborough College.{{cite book |title=Marlborough College Register, From 1843 to 1869 Inclusive |first=George Walter |last=De Lisle |page=216 |year=1870 |publisher=R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YLcHAAAAQAAJ |language=en}} Thring played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University at Oxford in 1889.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33314/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Charles Thring|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-09-08|url-access=subscription}} Batting once in the match, he was dismissed in for 12 runs by Reginald Moss in the MCC first innings.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/3/3446.html|title=Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1889|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-09-08|url-access=subscription}} Thring was a partner in the scholastic agency Askin, Gabbitas and Thring,{{cite book |title=Kelly's Post Office London Directory |page=1399 |year=1891 |publisher=Kelly's Directory |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u307AQAAMAAJ |language=en}} which recruited schoolmasters to English public schools; the company still operates as of {{year}}. Thring died in April 1939 at Chilcompton, Somerset.Bequests By Former Resident of Somerset. Western Daily Press. 21 June 1939. p. 7 His uncle, Theodore Thring, also played first-class cricket.