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Charles Oxenden (born 23 May 1800 at Deane, near Wingham Kent; died 17 March 1874 at Barham, Kent) was an English amateur cricketer who helped found the Cambridge University Cricket Club, and played first-class cricket for the club from 1820 to 1822. He made 4 known appearances in first-class cricket. [1]

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Charles Oxenden was educated at Harrow School, where he captained the school cricket team in 1818, [1] and arranged the first regular Eton v Harrow cricket match. He was admitted to Christ's College, Cambridge in 1819. Subsequently, ordained as a Church of England clergyman, he was Rector of Barham from 1846 until his death. [2] His son, Charles junior, was also a first-class cricketer.

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  1. 1 2 CricketArchive. Retrieved on 28 August 2009.
  2. "Oxenden, Charles (OKSN819C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

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