Charles Henry Dryden (13 January 1860 – 1 July 1943) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1885 to 1894.
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| Full name | Charles Henry Dryden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1860-01-13)13 January 1860 Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 July 1943(1943-07-01) (aged 83) Kawakawa, Bay of Islands, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1884-85 to 1894-95 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 16 January 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charles Dryden was a leg-spin bowler – "a wily slow bowler, great in a tight corner"[1] – who achieved some impressive bowling figures for Wellington.
His best match figures were 12 for 93 (7 for 58 and 5 for 35) in a loss to Canterbury in 1889–90, when Albert Moss took all ten Wellington wickets in the first innings.[2] He twice took his best innings figures of 7 for 24: when Nelson needed 84 to win in 1886-87 he was mainly responsible for dismissing them for 70;[3] and in 1893-94 he helped dismiss Auckland for 77.[4]
He worked as a building contractor in Wellington. He and his wife had a daughter and a son.[5]