Charles Gore (cricketer)

Charles St George Gore (1 October 1871 – 11 December 1913) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1891 to 1904.

Charles Gore
Newspaper portrait of Charles Gore in 1913
Personal information
Full nameCharles St George Gore
Born(1871-10-01)1 October 1871
Wellington, New Zealand
Died11 December 1913(1913-12-11) (aged 42)
Wellington
BattingRight-handed
RelationsArthur Gore (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1891-92 to 1903-04Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 25
Runs scored 677
Batting average 16.92
100s/50s 0/2
Top score 57
Balls bowled –
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 12/0
Source: Cricinfo, 2 April 2017

Life and career

Charles Gore was one of eight children – four sons and four daughters – of Richard Gore, who was curator of the Colonial Museum in Wellington, Government Meteorological Observer and Statistician, and Secretary to the Geological Survey Department, the New Zealand Institute and the Wellington Philosophical Society.[1] His brothers Arthur and Ross were, like him, first-class cricketers. All four brothers were prominent tennis players in New Zealand.

A free-scoring batsman who sometimes opened the innings, and a fine fieldsman,[2] Charles Gore played in the New Zealand cricket team's first first-class match, against the touring New South Wales team in 1893-94.[3] He made his highest score of 57 when he and Arnold Williams added 137 for the fourth wicket for Wellington against Canterbury in 1896-97.[4]

A popular member of sporting and social circles in Wellington, he worked in the Crown Lands Office. He died of pneumonia at the age of 42.[2]

References
  1. "Death of Mr. R. B. Gore". Evening Post. LXVII (24). 29 January 1904. p. 5.
  2. "Mr. Charles Gore". Dominion. VII (1930). 12 December 1913. p. 4.
  3. "New Zealand v New South Wales 1893-94". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  4. "Canterbury v Wellington 1896-97". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
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