Charles Harenc

Who was Charles Harenc?

Charles Joseph Harenc was an English cricketer in the mid-19th century. He was a member of the great Kent team of the 1840s and also played for MCC. Harenc was an amateur player who began his first-class career at Oxford University. He was a stubborn late order right-handed batsman, but was best known as a bowler of right-arm slow underarm lobs.

Harenc made his known debut in the 1830 season and had 56 known appearances in major matches to the 1849 season. He scored 830 runs, with an average of 9.54, making a highest score of 68. He was a successful bowler with a known tally of 130 wickets and a best performance of eight in one innings. He twice took ten wickets in a match.

Three of his brothers also made appearances in first-class cricket but not with his success.

In Sidcup on Rectory Lane, is Harenc School set up by a trust in the family's name. The original school building was built 1815 as the village church school and then it was rebuilt in 1882. The trust running the school became insolvent in May 2011 and the Harenc School closed, but it reopened as a free school under a different name in September 2013.