Charles Rocke

Charles Rocke
Personal information
Full name	Charles Augustus Rocke
Born	5 October 1800; Calcutta, British India
Role	Wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
1828	Kent
	Source: CricketArchive, 30 March 2013

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Charles Augustus Rocke (born 5 October 1800) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Kent, MCC and Cambridge University in six matches from 1822 to 1828, totalling 47 runs with a highest score of 16 and taking 5 victims with 6 wickets..^[1]^[2]

Rocke was educated at Eton and Jesus College, Cambridge.^[3] His later life is not known, but in 1830 he was cited as a "bankrupt" in a notice in The Times.^[4] He apparently emigrated in 1849 to Borneo, where his second cousin James Brooke was Rajah of Sarawak.^[3]

References[edit]

↑ "Charles Rocke". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
↑ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 469–470. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 16 August 2022.)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "Rocke, Charles Augustus (RK821CA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ "Property Notices". The Times. No. 14402. London. 6 December 1830. p. 8.

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[CA37-1] "Charles Rocke". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2013.

[carlaw-2] Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 469–470. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 16 August 2022.)

[acad-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "Rocke, Charles Augustus (RK821CA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[4] "Property Notices". The Times. No. 14402. London. 6 December 1830. p. 8.

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