Christopher Stockdale

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{about||the English politician and landowner|Christopher Walters Stockdale}}

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| country = England

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| fullname = Christopher James Stockdale

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|5|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Carlisle, Cumberland, England

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right arm off break

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| club1 = Minor Counties

| year1 = 1988–1989

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| club2 = Cumberland

| year2 = 1981–2000

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| column1 = List A

| matches1 = 10

| runs1 = 147

| bat avg1 = 14.50

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| top score1 = 51

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| date = 26 March

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20548.html Cricinfo

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Christopher James Stockdale (born 15 May 1965) is a former English cricketer. Stockdale was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Carlisle, Cumberland and grew up in Penrith, Cumberland.

Stockdale made his debut for Cumberland in the 1981 Minor Counties Championship against Durham. He played Minor counties cricket for Cumberland from 1981 to 2000, including 77 Minor Counties Championship and 15 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17789/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Christopher Stockdale|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=26 March 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17789/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Christopher Stockdale|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=26 March 2011}} In his time with Cumberland, Stockdale played five List A matches for the county in the NatWest Trophy, the last of which came in the 1992 competition against Essex.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17789/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Christopher Stockdale|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=26 March 2011}} Stockdale also represented the Minor Counties cricket team in five List A matches in the 1988 and 1989 Benson and Hedges Cup. Stockdale played a total of ten List A matches, scoring 147 runs at a batting average of 14.70. His only half century came for Cumberland against Worcestershire in 1988.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/50/50156.html|title=Worcestershire v Cumberland, 1988 NatWest Trophy|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=26 March 2011}}

He had previously played Second XI cricket for the Nottinghamshire Second XI.,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17789/all_teams.html|title=Teams Christopher Stockdale played for|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=26 March 2011}} Middlesex Second XI and Warwickshire Second XI.

Stockdale also had an extensive career as a club professional and played in England, Wales, The Netherlands, South Africa and Australia. He also worked for the Isle of Man Association as their National Coach/Cricket Development Officer and represented the Island in the Four Islands Tournament in Guernsey in 2004.