Full Name

Charles John Eady

Born

October 29, 1870, Hobart, Tasmania

Died

December 20, 1945, Hobart, Tasmania, (aged 75y 52d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast

Height

6ft 3in

Education

Derwent School

Other

Administrator

Charles John Eady, died on December 23, in Tasmania, aged 75. Of exceptional build, six feet three inches tall and weighing fifteen stone, he excelled in Tasmanian club cricket, but during his one visit to England in 1896 he failed to reveal his powers either as batsman or bowler. He scored only ten not out and two at Lord's in the First Test, but showed to advantage with the ball, on that occasion taking four wickets for 69 runs in 32 overs. Ill health handicapped him and in the whole tour his appearances were limited to 16 matches in which he scored 290 runs, average 13.17, and took 16 wickets at 25.8 runs each. For Tasmania against Victoria at Hobart in January 1895, he made 116 and 112 not out, but was best known for his 566 scored out of 908 in less than eight hours for Break-o'-Day against Wellington in March 1902. For Tasmania against Victoria at Melbourne in 1895 he took eight wickets in an innings for 35 runs and all ten wickets for 42 for South Hobart v. East Hobart in January 1906.

In Scores and Biographies it is related that When a Wellington bowler was ordered by K. E. Burn, the captain, to send down no-balls to prevent a follow-on, Eady declared the Break-o'-Day innings closed -- a skilful and legitimate move, but one which, unfortunately, caused the match to come to an abrupt conclusion. A solicitor by profession, Charles Eady was at one time President of the Australian Board of Control, and, like Joseph Darling, who died on January 2, 1946, he was a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council.
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Charles Eady Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50s6sCtSt
Tests2412010*6.6600020
FC43716149011622.9236-450

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests2422311273/304/6916.003.0131.8000
FC43-656231461368/34-23.132.8748.2-125
Charles John Eady

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Debut/Last Matches of Charles Eady

Recent Matches of Charles Eady

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Tasmania vs M.C.C.29 & 664/12724-Jan-1908HobartFC
Tasmania vs Victoria61 & 267/72 & 6/11322-Feb-1907HobartFC
Tasmania vs M.C.C.163/40 & 0/8025-Jan-1904HobartFC
Australia vs England5 & 33/30 & 0/1328-Feb-1902MelbourneTest # 69
Australians vs New Zealand411/1726-Nov-1896ChristchurchOTHER

Photos of Charles Eady

Charles Eady next to the scoreboard after his remarkable innings