Charles Spencer

Who was Charles Spencer?

Charles Richard Spencer was a Welsh cricketer. Spencer was a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He was born at Llandough, Glamorgan.

While at Magdalen College, Oxford, Spencer made his first-class debut playing for Oxford University in 1923 against the touring West Indians. During that same season he played for the University against HDG Leveson-Gower's XI. His final appearance for the University came in 1924 against Middlesex.

Spencer also represented Glamorgan in a single first-class match in 1925 against HDG Leveson-Gower's XI at St. Helen's. In his first-class career he scored 46 runs at a batting average of 11.50, with a high score of 17. Behind the stumps he took 1 catch and made 1 stumping.

Following his brief cricketing career, he went on to teach at Stowe School, Buckinghamshire. Spencer died at Havant, Hampshire, on 29 September 1941 while serving with the Royal Marines.