C. B. Fry
English cricketer and rugby union footballer (1872-1956) · United Kingdom · On the map · Athletes · Died at 84
Charles Burgess Fry was an English sportsman, teacher, writer, editor and publisher, who is best remembered for his career as a cricketer.
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W. G. Grace Teammate at England cricket team, 1896-1899
Ranjitsinhji Teammate at England cricket team, 1896-1902
Sydney Barnes Teammate at England cricket team, 1901-1912
Billy Murdoch Teammate at Sussex County Cricket Club, 1894-1899
Wilfred Rhodes Teammate at England cricket team, 1899-1912
Archie MacLaren Teammate at England cricket team, 1896-1909
Bobby Abel Teammate at England cricket team, 1896-1902
Lionel Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson Teammate at Hampshire County Cricket Club, 1913-1921
George Brann Teammate at England cricket team, 1896-1905
George Gunn Teammate at England cricket team, 1907-1912
Plum Warner Teammate at England cricket team, 1899-1912
Stanley Jackson Teammate at England cricket team, 1896-1905
Tom Hayward Teammate at England cricket team, 1896-1909
David Denton Teammate at England cricket team, 1905-1910
Phil Mead Teammate at Hampshire County Cricket Club, 1909-1921
Samuel Day Teammate at Corinthian F.C., 1898-1903
Albert Relf Teammate at England cricket team, 1903-1912
Colin Blythe Teammate at England cricket team, 1901-1910
Ernie Hayes Teammate at England cricket team, 1906-1912
Johnny Tyldesley Teammate at England cricket team, 1899-1909
Len Braund Teammate at England cricket team, 1901-1908
Teddy Wynyard Teammate at England cricket team, 1896-1906
Dick Lilley Teammate at England cricket team, 1896-1909
Razor Smith Teammate at England cricket team, 1900-1912
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Fry's birthplace at 144 St James's Road in Croydon (pictured in 2016)
Repton School, where Fry was educated (pictured in 2007)
England v. Australia at Trent Bridge, 1899. Back row: Dick Barlow (umpire), Tom Hayward, George Hirst, Billy Gunn, J. T. Hearne (12th man), Bill Storer (wkt kpr), Bill Brockwell, V. A. Titchmarsh (umpire). Middle row: C. B. Fry, K. S. Ranjitsinhji, W. G. Grace (captain), Stanley Jackson. Front row: Wilfred Rhodes, Johnny Tyldesley
Fry caricatured by Spy for Vanity Fair, 1894
Fry wearing Barbarians kit, c.1893.Awards
About this person
John Arlott described him with the words: "Charles Fry could be autocratic, angry and self-willed: he was also magnanimous, extravagant, generous, elegant, brilliant - and fun ... he was probably the most variously gifted Englishman of any age."
