Charles Anthony Fry, born 14 January 1940, Henley-in-Arden

Henley-in-Arden

Henley-in-Arden is a small town in Warwickshire, England. The name is a reference to the former Forest of Arden. In the 2001 census the town had a population of 2,011....

, Warwickshire

Warwickshire

Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...

 is an ex-First Class

First-class cricket

First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...

 cricketer and now a cricket administrator. He is the grandson of the legendary C B Fry

C B Fry

Charles Burgess Fry, known as C. B. Fry was an English polymath; an outstanding sportsman, politician, diplomat, academic, teacher, writer, editor and publisher, who is best remembered for his career as a cricketer...

 – his father Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry (cricketer)

Stephen Fry was an English cricketer. Fry was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper.Fry, the son of Hampshire and England legend C.B. Fry, made his first-class debut for Hampshire in 1922 against local rivals Sussex at the County Ground, Southampton...

 also played First Class cricket for Hampshire

Hampshire

Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...

.

Charles Fry was educated at Repton School

Repton School

Repton School, founded in 1557, is a co-educational English independent school for both day and boarding pupils, in the British public school tradition, located in the village of Repton, in Derbyshire, in the Midlands area of England...

 where he was captain of cricket. He made his first-class debut for Oxford University

University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...

 in 1959 scoring 576 runs at an average of 26.18 including a maiden century against the Free Foresters and won a Blue. He subsequently played in two more Varsity matches as a middle-order batsman in the second of which he stood in as wicket-keeper.

Fry played a handful of matches for Hampshire in the 1960 season in one of which he was twice bowled (for 14 and 1) in a match (versus Sussex) by one of his successors as President of the MCC Robin Marlar

Robin Marlar

Robin Geoffrey Marlar is an English cricketer and cricket journalist. He was educated at Harrow and Cambridge....

. He did not appear for the County in their championship winning season in 1961.

Fry appeared once for Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...

 in 1962 and a couple of times for the Free Foresters against his old University later in the 1960s. Fry has had a long association with the Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...

 whose President he became in 2003-04. He was widely praised for choosing Tom Graveney

Tom Graveney

Thomas William Graveney in Riding Mill, Northumberland, is a former English cricketer and was the President of the Marylebone Cricket Club for 2004/5. He went to Bristol Grammar School...

 as his successor – the first time an ex professional cricketer had held this office. Fry is seen as an establishment figure and he robustly defends MCC traditions. He has held many positions within the MCC and has given his time generously to be on the committee, to act as President and most recently as Chairman of the club.

External links

"Cricinfo" entry: http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/12928.html

"Cricket Archive" playing record http://www.cricketarchive.com/cgi-bin/player_oracle_reveals_results2.cgi?playernumber=6609&playername=Fry&playernameexact=&displayplayername=CA%20Fry&team=&teamexact=&opponent=&opponentexact=&captain=&wicketkeeper=&homeawaytype=All&matchtype=All&resulttype=All&startseason=&endseason=&searchtype=MatchList&startscore=&endscore=&startwicket=&endwicket=&branding=cricketarchive