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Charles Anguish (13 February 1769 – 25 May 1797) was an English soldier and first-class cricketer in the late 18th century.[1] He was a member of the White Conduit Club and an early member of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).[1] He made his first-class debut during the 1789 season, playing for MCC, and is known to have played in 32 first-class matches from then until 1795, most frequently appearing for MCC sides, as well as a number of other matches for the Club.[1][2]

Chales Anguish

Personal information
Born	(1769-02-13)13 February 1769 Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England
Died	25 May 1797(1797-05-25) (aged 28) Cape of Good Hope, British controlled Cape Colony[lower-alpha 1]
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 32 Runs scored 367 Batting average 6.79 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 29 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: CricInfo, 17 April 2022

Anguish was born at Bloomsbury in Middlesex in 1767, as a member of the Anguish family which owned land across East Anglia. He was the son of Thomas Anguish, who served as the Accountant-General in the Court of Chancery, and was educated at Eton College and later played cricket for Old Etonians. He was nominated for a place at King's College, Cambridge in 1786 but did not attend the University, instead serving in the British Army.[3]

In 1797 Anguish went to South Africa as part of the first British party to control the Cape of Good Hope in 1797 with George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, the newly-appointed Governor of the recently conquered Cape. Anguish arrived at Table Bay on 4 May and was appointed as Comptroller of Customs.[4] He is sometimes held to be the first person to have played cricket in what is now South Africa, although there is no evidence that he ever did so.[1][5]

Less than a month after arriving at the Cape, Anguish died on 25 May, committing suicide after having been unwell and taking medication.[1][4][6] His obituary in The Gentleman's Magazine described him as "a young man of abilities and of a good temper, but with so odd a cast of manners that he was perpetually on the brink of a quarrel, even with those who knew his intentions were quite harmless, and could make every allowance for his peculiarities".[7] Lady Anne Barnard, who knew Anguish at the Cape, wrote that he was a "good-humoured, easy-tempered young man" and that "I thought him rather a happy man"; in her view "mental malady had been produced by bodily malady only".[6] He was buried at the Cape close to the Review Ground at the Castle of Good Hope.[6]

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References

External links

• Charles Anguish at ESPNcricinfo

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