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{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Christopher Oldfield
| image =
| country =
| fullname = Christopher Campbell Oldfield
| birth_date = 30 October 1838
| birth_place = [[Patna]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1916|5|14|1838|10|30}}
| death_place = [[Westminster]], London, England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting =
| bowling =
| role =
| club1 = [[Gentlemen of Kent]]
| year1 = 1864
| club2 = [[Gentlemen of England]]
| year2 = 1865
| club3 = Gentlemen of the [[Marylebone Cricket Club|MCC]]
| year3 = {{nowrap|1865–1873}}
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 4
| runs1 = 24
| bat avg1 = 4.80
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 19
| deliveries1 = 421
| wickets1 = 9
| bowl avg1 = 15.22
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 4/45
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 11 October
| year = 2018
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/18310.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Christopher Campbell Oldfield''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|JP}} (30 October 1838 – 14 May 1916) was an English [[British Army]] officer who played [[first-class cricket]].

== Early life and education ==
Oldfield was born at [[Patna]] in [[British India]] in October 1838, to Edith Frances Sheridan Guinness and her husband, William (or Henry) Swann Oldfield of the [[Bengal Civil Service]].<ref name="PEER">{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p30156.htm#i301559 |title=Profile: Christopher Oldfield |publisher=www.thepeerage.com |accessdate=2018-10-12}}</ref><ref name = Thoyts>[[Emma Elizabeth Thoyts]], ''History of the Royal Berkshire Militia (Now 3rd Battalion Royal Berks Regiment)'', Sulhamstead, Berks, 1897/Scholar Select, ISBN 978-1-37645405-5, pp. 194, 302.</ref> He studied in England at [[Exeter College, Oxford]]. In December 1859 he was commissioned into the British Army as an [[Ensign (rank)#United Kingdom|Ensign]] in the [[Royal Lincolnshire Regiment|10th Foot Regiment]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=22341|date=30 December 1859|page=4880}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|Lieutenant]] in May 1863.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=22738|date=22 May 1863|page=2686}}</ref>

== Career ==
Oldfield made his debut in [[first-class cricket]] in 1864, playing for the [[Gentlemen of Kent]] against the Gentlemen of the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] during [[Canterbury Cricket Week]].{{efn|At the time Canterbury week was a major social event. Many amateur cricketers, who would not otherwise have played first-class cricket, played matches during the week which usually featured two or three matches which have since been awarded [[first-class cricket]] status.}} He made two further first-class appearances in 1865, first for the [[Gentlemen of England]] against the [[Gentlemen of Middlesex]] at [[Cattle Market Ground|Islington]], and then for the Gentlemen of the MCC against the Gentlemen of Kent during that year's Canterbury Week.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31791/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Christopher Oldfield |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-10-12}}</ref>

From 1866, Oldfield was posted to Ireland, where he played cricket, including in noon-first-class matches for [[Ireland cricket team|Ireland]] until 1871.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31791/all_teams.html |title=Teams Christopher Oldfield played for |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-10-12}}</ref> By 1867, he was serving with the [[85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers)|85th Foot Regiment]], rising to the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] in August 1867.<ref>{{Edinburgh Gazette |issue=7771|date=13 August 1867|page=930}}</ref> He married Edith Frances Sheridan Guinness, of the [[Guinness family]], in December 1872.<ref name="PEER"/> By 1873, Oldfield was serving in the [[38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot|38th Foot]], retiring on half-pay in November of that year.<ref name="GAZ">{{London Gazette |issue=24033|date=11 November 1873|page=4906}}</ref> Following his retirement, he joined the [[Royal Berkshire Militia]], serving from 1873 until 1877.<ref name = Thoyts/><ref name="GAZ"/>

Following an eight-year gap, Oldfield made his fourth and final appearance in first-class cricket during the 1873 Canterbury Week, playing again for the Gentlemen of the MCC, this time with [[Kent County Cricket Club]] as the opponents.<ref name="FCM"/> In May 1877, he resigned his commission from the reserve militia.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=24451|date=1 May 1877|page=2882}}</ref> Beyond his military service and playing cricket, Oldfield was a [[Justice of the Peace]].<ref name="PEER"/> He was also in the service of the [[East India Company]].<ref name="PEER"/>

== Personal life ==
He died at [[Westminster]] in May 1916, his wife, with whom he had three children,<ref name="PEER" /> having predeceased him sixteen years prior.

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=18310}}

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