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Post by theleopard on Dec 30, 2014 10:49:34 GMT
Those of you interested in Sussex's history will no doubt know that Sussex player Henry Charlwood was one of England's first Test cricketers, playing in the first two Tests on the 1876-77 tour of Australia. I believe he was one of four brothers to play for Sussex. He was born in Horsham. I've known for some time that he was buried in my home town of Scarborough, but I'd never managed to find the actual grave. Earlier this month I finally found it. As you can see from the image, it is in a sad state of disrepair. It may not look too bad from the photo, but that grave is supposed to be surmounted by a 1.5 metre-high cross, which has vanished. I would be interested to know your thoughts on whether the grave could be refurbished, including cleaning up the base and restoring the cross, as befits one of England's first Test players. I have no idea how much this would cost or how such a process would take place, how much it would cost, and where the money should be sourced from.  Thoughts? |
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Post by hhsussex on Dec 30, 2014 11:04:41 GMT
Those of you interested in Sussex's history will no doubt know that Sussex player Henry Charlwood was one of England's first Test cricketers, playing in the first two Tests on the 1876-77 tour of Australia. I believe he was one of four brothers to play for Sussex. He was born in Horsham. I've known for some time that he was buried in my home town of Scarborough, but I'd never managed to find the actual grave. Earlier this month I finally found it. As you can see from the image, it is in a sad state of disrepair. It may not look too bad from the photo, but that grave is supposed to be surmounted by a 1.5 metre-high cross, which has vanished. I would be interested to know your thoughts on whether the grave could be refurbished, including cleaning up the base and restoring the cross, as befits one of England's first Test players. I have no idea how much this would cost or how such a process would take place, how much it would cost, and where the money should be sourced from. Thoughts? Thanks for a fascinating and worthy posting, theleopard. I'm sure that Jon Filby, who regularly posts here, in his capacity as Secretary to the Sussex CCC Museum Trust will have thoughts on this and contacts who may be able to help. |
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Post by hhsussex on Dec 30, 2014 11:35:17 GMT
From the Cricket Archive site Henry Charlwood, a profile of Henry Charlwood: Brief profile of H.R.J.Charlwood by Don Ambrose Player: HRJ Charlwood CHARLWOOD, Henry Rupert James. Professional. Born at Horsham, Sussex, 19th December 1846. Died at the Bell Inn, Scarborough, Yorkshire, 6th June 1888. He first played for Sussex in 1865 when he was only eighteen and a year later he played for the United South of England Eleven for the first time. In total he played 127 matches for Sussex 1865-82 and 197 first-class matches in total, including two Test Matches. He toured North America in 1868 and Australia 1876/7. He is said to have moved his home to Chesterfield, Derbyshire, in 1873 and later to Scarborough, Yorkshire, where he kept the Bell Inn. In the 1881 Census he appears under the name of BLEAWOOD (mis-transcribed), living at 1 Sandside, Scarborough, aged 33, a crickiter (sic), living with his wife, Ann aged 32, born in Chesterfield. There is a daughter Gertrude B. aged 7 and a son Frederick H.S., aged 4, both born in Chesterfield, and a son Leon B.C., aged 6 months, born in Scarborough. There is also a niece, Edith H. Ainsworth, aged 17, born in Derby, an unmarried servant. (Article: Copyright © 2003 Don Ambrose) |
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Post by jonfilby on Dec 30, 2014 18:54:25 GMT
Thanks to The Leopard and HH Sussex for these posts.
We had a situation similar to this with the grave of Maurice Tate in Wadhurst Churchyard. There we were lucky that a local volunteer was willing to restore, clean up and maintain the greatest of all Sussex Cricketers' grave.
In the first instance I will raise with the Trustees of the Museum to see what they think is appropriate.
It is of course impossible for Sussex Cricket to be responsible for the upkeep of all our former players graves but this is undoubtedly an important discovery and we do need to consider how best to respond.
With thanks to The Leopard for all his research and HHSussex for the Cricket Archive piece.
Jon
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Post by theleopard on Dec 31, 2014 10:35:04 GMT
Thanks for that, Jon.
Another aspect is that this grave is of historical interest from the town of Scarborough's point of view - it deserves to be highlighted.
I have been asked to write a short article about it for a local Scarborough paper and I will be in touch about that.
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Post by jim on Dec 31, 2014 14:51:41 GMT
Really interesting topic Would be good if Leopard's article could find any relatives Another good reason why readers might like to help support/fund raise for the Sussex Cricket Museum www.sussexcricketmuseum.com/ |
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Post by theleopard on Jan 22, 2015 5:26:35 GMT
A story about his grave and the condition of it was the front page lead in the new Scarborough Comet newspaper, the second edition of which came out on Tuesday.
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Post by hhsussex on Jan 22, 2015 7:08:48 GMT
A story about his grave and the condition of it was the front page lead in the new Scarborough Comet newspaper, the second edition of which came out on Tuesday. Well done theleopard - and happy birthday, by the way! I have relatives in Scarborough and will try to get hold of a copy. |
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Post by theleopard on Jan 22, 2015 9:01:40 GMT
Please do! Thank you. You are actually the first person of the day to wish me that.  |
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Post by hhsussex on Jan 22, 2015 9:02:41 GMT
Please do! Thank you. You are actually the first person of the day to wish me that. Check the header on the main board  |
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Post by hhsussex on Jan 26, 2015 11:39:37 GMT
I've just read the Scarborough Comet articleto which theleopard contributed,and it is excellent. Unfortuanately the pdf I have is too big to attach -free ProBoards has size limits for these things.
Has any preservation/restoration interest come from oop North?
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