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{{short description|English cricketer and soldier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Charles Field
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Charles William Field
| birth_date = 30 January 1863
| birth_place = [[Patna]], [[Bengal Presidency]],<br>[[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1930|5|24|1863|1|30|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Fleet, Hampshire|Fleet]], [[Hampshire]], England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1902/03–1907/08
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 3
| runs1 = 32
| bat avg1 = 6.40
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 21[[not out|*]]
| 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 [[cricket]]er 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, Sandhurst|Royal Military College at Sandhurst]], graduating from there into the [[Royal Norfolk Regiment]] as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in August 1883.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25262|date=24 August 1883|page=4169}}</ref> Shortly thereafter, he transferred to the [[South Wales Borderers]] in October 1883.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25281|date=23 October 1883|page=5046}}</ref> 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 (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25734|date=30 August 1887|page=4697}}</ref> He was based in India at [[Multan Cantt|Multan Cantonment]], where he was a cantonment magistrate; in June 1893, he was appointed a [[justice of the peace]] by [[Dennis Fitzpatrick (civil servant)|Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick]].<ref>{{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]]}}</ref> In India, Field made three appearances in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]], all against the [[Parsis cricket team|Parsees]]; two of these came in the 1902–03 [[Bombay Tournament (cricket)|Bombay Presidency Matches]], with the other coming in the 1907–08 Bombay Presidency Match.<ref>{{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}}</ref> In these, he scored a total of 61 runs and took two wickets.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

Following prior promotions to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] and [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]], he was promoted to [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] in August 1909.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28304|date=5 November 1909|page=8109}}</ref> After spending ten years in civil employment, he was transferred to the supernumerary list of the British Indian Army in February 1915.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29133|date=16 April 1915|page=3733}}</ref> Following the end of the [[First World War]], retired from active service in October 1921.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Field retired to England, where he died in May 1930 at [[Fleet, Hampshire]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=28682}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Field, Charles}}
[[Category:1863 births]]
[[Category:1930 deaths]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Patna]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
[[Category:Royal Norfolk Regiment officers]]
[[Category:South Wales Borderers officers]]
[[Category:Bengal Staff Corps officers]]
[[Category:English justices of the peace]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:19th-century British Army personnel]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:British sportspeople in British India]]

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