Charles Luxton

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Charles Henry Luxton (19 January 1861 – 17 October 1918) was an English clergyman and a cricketer who played in two first-class cricket matches for Cambridge University in 1881 and 1882. [1] He was born at Bondleigh, Devon and died at St Pancras, London.

Luxton was educated at Devon County School, West Buckland and at Peterhouse, Cambridge. [2] In his two first-class cricket games, he was a tail-end batsman and a bowler, and neither his batting nor his bowling style are known; he made little impression in either game. [1] In minor cricket, he played for Devon and other amateur sides through to the mid 1880s.

Luxton graduated from Cambridge University in 1883 and was ordained as a priest in the Church of England. [2] He was curate at Lifton, Devon and Milverton in Somerset before becoming the vicar of Langford Budville, Somerset in 1894, where he remained until his death. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Charles Luxton". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 J. Venn and J. A. Venn. "Alumni Cantabrigienses: Charles Luxton". p. 242. Retrieved 19 August 2014.