CC
The basics
Quick facts
Intro
English cricketer
Gender:
Male
Work field:
Birth:
1806
Death:
10 September 1892
Religions:
Education:
Corpus Christi College
Eton College
The details
Biography
Charles Chapman (1806 – 10 September 1892) was an English amateur cricketer and a priest in Church of England
Chapman was admitted to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, in 1825. An occasional wicket-keeper, he made 6 known appearances in first-class cricket from 1825 to 1831, playing for Cambridge University Cricket Club. He was president of the Cambridge Union in 1829 and graduated BA in 1830 as 24th Wrangler. He was ordained as a Church of England priest in 1832 and was a curate of St Peter Mancroft, Norwich, 1832–45 and rector of Acrise, Kent, 1846–71.